100,000 private sector jobs plan for Kuwaitis
Amid a growing burden of youth employment in the public sector and the high unemployment rate, Kuwait’s Cabinet has assigned the Public Authority for Manpower to create a plan to employ 100,000 citizens in the private sector in four years.
The plan, set to be implemented from next year, aims to reduce the pressure of paying salaries, which devours approximately 60 per cent of the state budget, sources told Al Qabas newspaper.
The manpower authority was assigned to conduct studies on plans implemented by other Gulf Cooperation Council countries on incentives to private sector companies to employ citizens and to identify high-priority jobs to attract local talents, in 2022.