Kuwait considers salary subsidy cuts

The Cabinet of Ministers assigned the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) to conduct a study on whether they should cut salary subsidies (allowances) for people above the age of 60 years working in the private sector.

This comes shortly after the government announced it was studying the likelihood of stopping salary subsidies (in Arabic known as Daam Al Amala) for those that make over 3,000 Kuwaiti dinars in the private sector. To incentivise Kuwaitis to work in the private sector, the government pays a monthly salary subsidy. This is also done as wages in the private sector are usually lower than those in the public sector.