Kuwait mulls end to sponsorship system |
KUWAIT, March 11, (KUNA): Kuwait’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has already begun to ponder over a mechanism aiming to end the sponsor system as a state policy, a senior ministry official said here Tuesday. Mohamed Al-Kandari, undersecretary of the ministry, made the remarks following a meeting of the permanent committee on the organization of foreign workers in the private sector, under the chairmanship of Minister of Justice, Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Al-Shihab. Officials from the ministries of the interior and commerce, Kuwait Municipality and Chamber of Commerce and Industry were present at the meeting. He quoted the minister as hailing such a step as a state policy and expecting a relevant clear-cut future vision following the abolition of the sponsor system. Al-Kandari predicted that the system would be scrapped within 15 months, saying the conferees had explored several alternatives through a set of studies presented by experts of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Kuwaiti ministry. The new system will be adopted in a way that will fulfill international requirements and criteria for foreign laborers, he said, noting that it would ensure the interests of employers and employees altogether. The conferees also considered a proposal for setting up new labor housing cities on state lands, which would meet relevant ILO requirements and answer the needs of foreign workers, he concluded. |
Kuwait mulls end to sponsorship system
March 13, 2008 by newsbd24
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