{"id":2037,"date":"2025-01-26T16:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2025-01-26T16:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:09:48","slug":"kuwait-sets-new-housing-standards-to-enhance-worker-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/2025\/01\/26\/kuwait-sets-new-housing-standards-to-enhance-worker-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait Sets New Housing Standards to Enhance Worker Welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) in Kuwait has issued new regulations aimed at improving workers&#8217; living conditions by establishing minimum housing standards and promoting their overall welfare.<\/p><p>According to the updated guidelines shared on social media, employers must ensure that each worker has a designated living space of at least a specified number of square meters, with a maximum of four workers per room. These measures are intended to minimize overcrowding and enhance the quality of living environments for workers across various industries.<\/p><p>Employers who cannot provide adequate housing must compensate their workers with housing allowances. Workers earning the minimum wage are entitled to an allowance equal to 25% of their salary, while those earning above the minimum wage will receive a 15% allowance.<\/p><p>Furthermore, employers must secure prior approval from relevant authorities and organizations before allocating housing to ensure that the accommodations comply with the required standards and are deemed suitable for workers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) in Kuwait has issued new regulations aimed at improving workers&#8217; living conditions by establishing minimum housing standards and promoting their overall welfare. According to the updated guidelines shared on social media, employers must ensure that each worker has a designated living space of at least a specified number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kuwait-en"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2039,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}