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Qualifications for owners of domestic worker offices
Constitutional Court of Kuwait (as reported) · Kuwait · 2015-12 · National court
Citation: [case number to be added]
Type of case: Constitutional and human rights
Outcome: advisory
Question
May the law require owners of recruitment offices to hold a secondary school certificate and have no disabling physical condition?
What the court decided
No, as reported. The court struck down the third clause of Article 2 setting these conditions.
In plain language
Kuwait’s new domestic workers law set education and health conditions for people who own recruitment offices. The Constitutional Court struck down that clause. The case concerns office owners, not workers, but shapes how recruitment is regulated.
Dalam bahasa sederhana
UU pekerja rumah tangga Kuwait yang baru menetapkan syarat pendidikan dan kesehatan bagi pemilik kantor perekrut. MK membatalkan klausul itu. Perkara ini menyangkut pemilik kantor, bukan pekerja, tetapi memengaruhi cara perekrutan diatur.
Pertanyaan: Bolehkah UU mensyaratkan pemilik kantor perekrut berijazah sekolah menengah dan tidak memiliki kondisi fisik yang menghalangi?
What happened afterwards
- 2015-12: Clause struck down (reported).
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Cite as: Institute for Migrant Rights (2026), Migration Jurisprudence from the South, version 0.1, https://theimr.org/court-decisions/d/kw-cc-owners-2015/. This page summarizes a court decision for research and advocacy; it is not legal advice.