KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Manpower and the Banking Association finalized in a meeting on Sunday procedures requiring employers to transfer wages of their workers through two electronic platforms, warning that failure to comply could result in suspending all labor-related transactions of the employers.
A statement issued by the authority following the meeting said the two sides discussed improving the mechanism of transferring workers’ wages through Ashal Companies and Ashal Banks platforms “with the aim of achieving the highest standards of accuracy and efficiency in the commitment of employers to transfer wages within the stipulated dates”.
The meeting comes in line with the supervisory role of the authority aimed at safeguarding the rights of workers and achieving stability in the labor market, the statement said. The meeting also discussed technical aspects relating to uploading the files of employers to local banks.
Acting Director General of the Public Authority of Manpower Rabab Al-Osaimi, who chaired the meeting, stressed that the next phase will witness a strict implementation of the electronic transfer of wages and employers who fail to comply could face the suspension of their transactions with the authority.
Meanwhile, a decision issued by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, who is the chairman of the Public Authority of Manpower, regarding regulations of working hours in the private sector, was published in the official gazette Kuwait Al-Youm.
The decision takes effect from Nov 1. According to the decision, employers are obliged to enter all data related to working hours, break periods, weekend and public holidays into the electronic system of the manpower authority. They are also obliged to update them whenever there is a change. The entered data is considered as an official reference for the manpower authority’s inspectors during inspections of private sector businesses.
Meanwhile, Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) said on Sunday that it has referred 50 senior officials for investigations for failing to submit their income statements within the stipulated period. Senior officials from the prime minister and ministers down to heads of sections in government departments are obliged by the law to submit their income statements upon appointment and after leaving office. Last week, Nazaha referred for investigation several officials for filing incorrect statements.
