The Public Authority for Manpower has decided to ban the transfer of government workers to the private sector. It has also placed restrictions on the transfer of dependent visas to work visas in the private sector.

The decisions are based on the instructions of Social Affairs Minister and State Minister for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel, Kuwait Times said in a report.

According to Director General of the Public Authority for Manpower, Ahmad Al-Moussa, transferring employees from the private sector to the government should comply with procedures followed by the manpower authority and the Civil Service Commission.

However, the new ban of government workers to the private sector exempts Kuwaiti women’s husbands and children, wives of Kuwaitis, Palestinians with travel documents and those in specialized technical professions in the health field who are transferring to licensed facilities to provide medical services, such as doctors, nurses and others in the medical field, the daily reported.

Only certain categories of expats are allowed to transfer dependent visas to work in the private sector. The categories include, husbands and children of Kuwaiti women, those born in Kuwait, Palestinians with travel documents and those having at least a diploma after the secondary stage from Kuwaiti educational establishments, Moussa said.

(Writing by Seban Scaria; editing by Daniel Luiz)

(seban.scaria@refinitiv.com)

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