Kuwait to create 100000 jobs in private sector

Kuwait’s Cabinet has assigned the Public Authority for Manpower to create a clear and feasible plan for the employment of 100,000 citizens in the private sector in four years, local media reported.

Amid growing burden of youth employment in the public sector and the high unemployment rate, the plan is set to be implemented from next year. This aims to reduce the pressure of paying salaries, which devours approximately 60 per cent of the state budget, sources told Al Qabas.

It will support the employment of Kuwaitis in the private sector, rather than the public sector, with its benefits and advantages being marketed in the media, the sources said.

The Manpower Authority was assigned to conduct studies on the incentive plans implemented by other Gulf Cooperation Council countries, regarding providing incentives to private sector companies to employ citizens and to identify high-priority jobs to attract local talents, in 2022.

The authority was instructed to reduce fake employment, effectively monitor companies, and impose more effective penalties on violators.

The authority was also asked with developing policies to close the salary gap between expatriate workers and citizens and bridge the gaps in the salary scale.