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Article 96: Occupational Diseases
In forceIn simple words
If you develop a work-related disease during your job, or within one year after leaving it, you have the same rights to salary and compensation as for a work injury.
Example
Illness discovered after leaving
SituationRamesh worked 10 years in sandblasting. Eight months after leaving, he is diagnosed with a work-related lung disease.
What the law saysIt appeared within one year of leaving, so it is treated as an occupational disease, with the same rights to treatment pay and compensation.
Names are made up for illustration.
Official text of Article 96
Reference & sources
Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 96 (Occupational Diseases), Official Gazette Kuwait Al-Youm, Issue No. 963 (2010). Checked October 2026.
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General information, not legal advice. The Arabic text of the law is the official version (Article 29). For your case, contact the Public Authority for Manpower or a lawyer.