‘Limit excessive use of marginal labors’
DGCA to grant bonus to 90 distinguished employees
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 14: Professor of Administration and Finance at Kuwait University Dr Yousef Al-Mutairi revealed that the number of domestic workers in Kuwait including servants and drivers has reached 700,000, indicating that this number is expected to reach one million in the near future, reports Al-Nahar daily.
Dr Al-Mutairi said this category of people constitutes approximately one-third of the population of Kuwait.
He stressed the importance of imposing strict adjustments for bringing expatriates, taking into consideration the technical and scientific rules.
Dr Al-Mutairi affirmed that Kuwait is still in need of expatriates especially for some highlytechnical jobs for which sufficient number of qualified citizens are unavailable.
He recommended limiting the extravagant use of marginal labors.
Meanwhile, Director of Safety and Security Department at Kuwait University Khalid AlYaqout confirmed that the necessary measures have been taken to guarantee the safety and security of teachers, employees and students as part of preparations for the new academic year – 2017/2018.
He disclosed the procedures and relevant instructions were discussed in the recent meeting with department supervisors, paramedics and firefighters. He explained the supervisors will cover different areas in the university, stressing there will be special care for the disabled such as facilitating procedures for them to park their cars in areas closest to their destination.
He said the department has asked the Ministry of Interior to assign traffic patrols on roads leading to the university to ease traffic movement.
He added the Follow Up Unit at the department will issue permits for students to park their cars inside the campus.
He went on to say the evacuation program was designed in such a way that it includes practical training for employees and others.
Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) will grant bonuses to 90 distinguished employees, reports Al-Anba daily quoting a source from DGCA.
He indicated that the bonuses will be paid retroactively for the months of July, August and September, revealing that it will be KD 200 each.
The source said the employees working in different departments of DGCA will be covered in this decision, adding that the list of names of deserving employees are being prepared and will later be referred to the chairman of DGCA for approval.
He revealed that Ministry of Finance agreed to allocate KD 70,000 for granting these bonuses, adding that the amount will be transferred to the bank accounts of the deserving employees this month.