A domestic worker in Kuwait lives inside the home of the family that brought her to the country. She cooks, cleans, looks after children and elderly relatives, climbs stairs, handles electrical appliances and cleaning chemicals, and a private driver may spend hours every day behind the wheel of the family car. With that daily closeness, accidents happen: a fall from a ladder or a window, a burn in the kitchen, an electric shock, a road accident involving the driver. Sometimes something far more serious occurs, such as a sudden death inside the house or an assault by a member of the household. At that point the homeowner asks: do I have to pay for treatment? Can I be ordered to pay compensation? What must I do if the worker dies in my home? And the worker, or her family abroad, asks: who pays, and where do we complain?
This article deals with that specific situation: injury, death and assault inside the sponsor's home or in the course of working for the household. It does not repeat the general rules on the domestic employment contract, working hours, wages and leave, which we covered in Domestic Workers' Rights in Kuwait: A Guide to Law No. 68 of 2015 and Domestic Workers in Kuwait: Contract, Rights and Disputes. Nor does it repeat how a deceased worker's entitlements are distributed among heirs, or how heirs prove their status and issue powers of attorney; that is explained in Death of an Employee in Kuwait: Who Receives the End-of-Service Gratuity and Unpaid Wages.
Below we explain what the homeowner owes in terms of medical care, how work-related injuries are treated, the position of a private driver in road accidents, what must be done immediately after a death, when the homeowner faces civil and criminal liability, how the law treats assault on a worker, the role of recruitment agencies and insurance, and finally the route to a complaint and compensation. The aim is for each side to know its rights and duties before an incident turns into an administrative dispute or a criminal case that is hard to undo.
The Short Answer
The employer of a domestic worker is primarily responsible for the worker's medical treatment and health care throughout the contract. The employer may not charge her for that treatment or deduct it from her wages, and may not leave her without care on the ground that the injury was her own fault. This duty is separate from compensation: treatment is owed in every case, whereas compensation depends on the nature and cause of the injury, its connection to the work, and whether fault is proven.
If the injury arises from or because of the work, such as a fall while cleaning windows or a burn while cooking, the worker may claim compensation, and the homeowner's position is much weaker if negligence is shown, for example assigning a dangerous task without safety equipment or housing her in an unsafe room. If the worker dies, the homeowner must report it immediately to the police and ambulance, must not move the body, must cooperate with the investigation, and must then settle her entitlements for her heirs and meet the obligations relating to repatriation of the body under the law and the contract.
Assaulting a worker, whether by beating, injuring, confining her or withholding food, is a crime under the Penal Code. Being her sponsor does not make it lawful, and no work dispute justifies it; some forms may amount to more serious offences. The worker may complain to the police or to the authority responsible for domestic labour without her employer's permission, and may claim civil compensation.
The Legal Framework
No single statute governs this subject. Several Kuwaiti laws work together:
- Law No. 68 of 2015 on Domestic Workers: the special law governing the relationship between employers and domestic workers, including housemaids, private drivers, cooks, nannies, guards and similar roles. It sets out the employer's core obligations, among them suitable accommodation, food, clothing, medical treatment and health care. It prohibits mistreatment and prohibits assigning work that endangers the worker's health or life or violates her dignity, and it gives the authority responsible for domestic labour a role in receiving and trying to settle complaints. It is supplemented by executive regulations, ministerial decisions and the approved standard contract.
- The Civil Code (Decree-Law No. 67 of 1980): lays down the general rules of tort liability: whoever causes harm to another through fault must compensate it. It also provides for the liability of the custodian of things requiring special care, the liability of a principal for the acts of an employee, the assessment of material and moral damages, and the rules on diya (blood money). These rules apply alongside the special law, particularly where fault by the homeowner or a family member is established.
- The Penal Code (Law No. 16 of 1960) and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Law No. 17 of 1960): govern assault and battery, negligent injury and negligent homicide, unlawful confinement, investigation of unnatural deaths, and the right of the victim or the heirs to bring a civil claim before the criminal court.
- Law No. 91 of 2013 on Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants: becomes relevant where mistreatment reaches the level of exploitation, forced labour or detention. See our article Combating Human Trafficking in Kuwait.
- The Health Insurance Law for Foreigners (Law No. 1 of 1999): links the residence of expatriates, including domestic workers, to a health insurance scheme that gives access to treatment in government facilities under its rules. It does not remove the employer's duty to provide treatment and care; it is one means of fulfilling that duty, and whatever the scheme does not cover remains the employer's responsibility.
- The Traffic Law (Decree-Law No. 67 of 1976) and its regulations: govern road accidents involving a private driver and make third-party insurance a condition of licensing and operating a vehicle.
If the worker actually works in a commercial business rather than a household, the starting point is the Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, and work injuries under that law are covered in our article Work Injuries and Occupational Diseases in Kuwaiti Law. The distinction matters: a worker registered as a domestic worker but actually employed in the sponsor's shop raises its own questions about the applicable law and about the administrative violation itself, and these are best reviewed with a lawyer.
The Substantive Rules
1. Medical treatment and care are a core duty of the homeowner
The Domestic Workers Law requires the employer to provide medical treatment and health care throughout the contract. In practice, the homeowner takes the worker to the clinic or hospital or arranges her transport there, pays for fees, medicines, tests and medical devices not covered by the health insurance scheme, gives her the rest prescribed by the doctor, and does not assign her work inconsistent with her condition while she recovers.
Several practical consequences follow:
- Treatment costs may not be deducted from wages. Treatment is the employer's obligation, not a debt owed by the worker. Any such deduction reduces her wage and can be reclaimed before the competent authority.
- The duty survives the worker's own fault. Even if she slipped because she was careless or in a hurry, she must still be cared for. Her fault may affect whether compensation is due or how much, not whether treatment is owed.
- A sick or injured worker may not simply be disposed of. Terminating her contract, returning her to the recruitment agency, or sending her home while injured and untreated, or filing a false absconding report to avoid medical costs, exposes the homeowner to administrative and civil liability and may amount to a false report.
- Emergencies do not wait. For a serious injury, call an ambulance at once. Transport to hospital must not be delayed because her residence has expired, because of a work dispute, or out of fear of the procedures.
- Care includes psychological wellbeing. A serious injury or a traumatic incident may call for follow-up support; a worker is not a machine that broke down and is expected to resume immediately.
Pre-existing illness is different. If it emerges that the worker had a serious condition before arrival that the medical examination failed to detect, issues may arise with the recruitment agency concerning the health guarantee, within the terms and periods set by the recruitment contract and the governing decisions. That still does not justify leaving the worker without emergency care while the homeowner's dispute with the agency is resolved.
2. Injury while working inside the home
The most common household injuries are falls from stairs, chairs or while cleaning windows, glass facades and roofs; burns from cooking, hot oil or boiling water; electric shocks from faulty appliances or wiring; poisoning or suffocation from mixing cleaning products in enclosed spaces; fires in the kitchen or the worker's room; and back injuries from lifting heavy loads or caring for an immobile elderly person.
Liability for these injuries turns on several questions:
- Did the injury occur during or because of the work? A domestic worker lives at her workplace, so not every injury in the house is necessarily a work injury, for instance an injury during her rest time from something unrelated to her duties. Most accidents that happen while carrying out assigned household tasks, however, fall within that description.
- Was she assigned dangerous work? Examples include cleaning external windows on upper floors without a harness or safety device, climbing onto unprotected roofs or water tanks, handling defective appliances, or carrying loads beyond her capacity. The law prohibits assigning a domestic worker tasks that endanger her health or life, so the assignment itself can be the employer's fault.
- Was the accommodation safe? Her room must be fit for human habitation, ventilated, with a way out, and free of improvised wiring, fire hazards and gas cylinders. A failure here may make a fire or suffocation in that room attributable to the homeowner.
- Were the things that caused the harm in the homeowner's custody? Appliances, water heaters, gas cylinders, home lifts and staircases are normally under the homeowner's actual control. The Civil Code rules on the custodian of things requiring special care may establish liability without the worker having to prove a specific fault, where the conditions of that liability are met.
- Did she receive clear instructions? A newly arrived worker may not know how to operate certain appliances or handle particular chemicals, and failing to instruct her may be a shortcoming, whereas her disregard of clear and sound instructions may reduce the homeowner's liability.
None of this makes the homeowner liable for every harm that occurs under his roof. Liability may be excluded or reduced if he proves the harm resulted from an external cause beyond his control, such as force majeure or the act of a third party, or solely from the worker's own fault, for example using an appliance in a way she was expressly told not to, or doing something she was never asked to do. These are questions of fact that the court assesses case by case on the evidence.
3. The private driver and road accidents
A private driver is a domestic worker under Law No. 68 of 2015, and road accidents involving him fall into three scenarios:
- The driver is injured in an accident caused by someone else. He can claim against the responsible party and that party's insurer under the ordinary road-accident rules, in addition to his right to treatment and care from his employer throughout his injury. See Road Accidents and Compensation in Kuwait.
- The driver is injured in an accident he caused. The employer's duty to treat him remains. Whether insurance covers the driver's own injury depends on the type and terms of the vehicle policy; not every policy covers injury to the driver of the insured vehicle, so check the policy rather than assume.
- A third party is injured through the driver's fault. The driver faces criminal liability for his own fault, and the homeowner may be civilly liable as principal for harm caused by his employee while performing his work or because of it, in addition to liability as owner or custodian of the vehicle. The third-party insurer pays within the limits of the policy, and in certain cases, such as driving without a valid licence, may seek recovery from the insured or the driver.
A common mistake is allowing a driver who does not yet hold a valid Kuwaiti licence to drive, or sending him out in a vehicle whose insurance has lapsed or which is not roadworthy, or working him for long hours without rest. An accident in those circumstances significantly increases the homeowner's civil exposure and may lead to traffic violations and breaches of the Domestic Workers Law in his own name. If the other vehicle is uninsured or its driver flees, see Accidents with an Uninsured Vehicle or a Hit-and-Run Driver in Kuwait.
4. Assault on a domestic worker
Neither the homeowner nor any member of the family has any right to discipline a worker physically or to punish her in any form. Beating, injuring, burning, locking her in a room, withholding food, threats and humiliation are all criminal under the Penal Code, and some of them, when combined with exploitation, detention or forced labour, may constitute human trafficking. The Domestic Workers Law also prohibits mistreatment and the confiscation of the worker's passport or personal documents.
An assault has three kinds of consequences:
- Personal criminal liability for whoever committed the act, whether the employer, the spouse, an adult child or anyone else in the house. The employer may also be implicated if he knew of repeated abuse and condoned or facilitated it.
- Civil liability for physical and psychological harm, claimed either as a civil claim within the criminal case or in a separate civil action, covering treatment costs, lost earnings and moral damage.
- Administrative consequences: the competent authority may take the measures the law provides against a violating employer, which may affect his ability to recruit domestic workers in future, and the worker may seek transfer to another employer or termination with her entitlements preserved.
Conversely, if a worker alleges an assault that never happened, to pressure the homeowner or to justify leaving, the homeowner may defend himself with evidence, and a false report is a separate offence. Both sides should therefore preserve evidence from the outset: medical reports, photographs, messages, witness names, and lawful home-camera footage from shared areas.
5. Death of the worker in the home
A death is the gravest scenario and the one that most requires calm, disciplined conduct. The procedure depends on the nature of the death:
- An apparently natural death, such as from a known chronic illness or in hospital during treatment: call the ambulance, notify the police if it occurred at home, and the doctor will confirm the death and its cause. The death certificate is then issued by the competent health authority.
- An unnatural or suspicious death, such as a fall from height, fire, suffocation, electrocution, visible injuries or a sudden death without an obvious cause: the police and the competent investigating authority take over, the body may be referred to forensic medicine to determine the cause, and it is released only with the investigating authority's permission.
In every case the homeowner should report immediately and never delay, not move the body, clean the scene or touch the worker's belongings before the authorities arrive, give an accurate statement without embellishment, hand over her passport and papers, and cooperate with her embassy. Delay or interference with the scene can create suspicion where none is warranted and complicate his position, even when the death was entirely natural.
Repatriation of the body. The Domestic Workers Law and the approved contract place on the employer the cost of the worker's return to her home country, and in practice this obligation extends, in the event of death, to the cost of preparing and transporting the body where the family wishes it to be repatriated, coordinated with her embassy and the relevant shipping authorities. If the family chooses burial in Kuwait, the official procedures are followed with the health authorities and the embassy. Check the contract and the competent authority for exactly what the employer must cover in a given case. Under no circumstances may the body be held back, its release delayed, or its release made conditional on the family giving up entitlements or the right to complain.
Entitlements. The worker's financial rights pass to her heirs: unpaid wages, the end-of-service gratuity under the Domestic Workers Law, pay for unused leave if any, and any compensation awarded. Her belongings, cash and effects should be inventoried in a written record in the presence of two witnesses or an embassy representative and handed to whoever proves authority to represent the heirs, commonly through the embassy or the competent authority. The rules on proving heirship, powers of attorney, legalisation and distribution among heirs abroad are covered in Death of an Employee in Kuwait.
Administrative steps. The worker's residence is cancelled following the applicable procedures, and the recruitment agency should be informed if the death occurred within the guarantee period set by the recruitment contract, as this may affect the relationship between the homeowner and the agency.
6. Civil liability for negligence
Where the injury or death results from the fault of the homeowner or a family member, civil liability for compensation arises. Compensation usually covers past and future medical costs, loss of earnings due to temporary or permanent incapacity, and moral damage for pain, suffering and disfigurement. In the case of death, heirs may recover their material loss from losing a provider and their moral damage, in addition to whatever the law provides on diya; see Diya and Compensation in Fatal Incidents in Kuwait.
Forms of negligence that frequently arise in these cases include:
- Assigning the worker to clean external windows or roofs on upper floors without safety equipment.
- Leaving gas cylinders, heaters or faulty wiring in her room or the kitchen.
- Locking her room from the outside at night, preventing escape in a fire.
- Failing to take her to a doctor despite signs of serious illness, or delaying emergency help.
- Letting an unlicensed or exhausted driver drive, or operating an unsafe vehicle.
- Asking her to care for a contagious patient without proper protective equipment.
The elements of tort liability and the general rules on damages are discussed in Tort Liability in the Kuwaiti Civil Code. Note that contributory fault on the worker's part may reduce compensation in proportion to her contribution to the harm, as assessed by the court.
7. Criminal liability
Beyond compensation, the homeowner or a family member may face criminal liability for negligent injury or negligent homicide where their negligence, recklessness or lack of care is shown to have caused the injury or death. This is quite different from intentional crimes such as assault or unlawful confinement. In both cases, the outcome turns on the investigation, the forensic report, witness statements and technical evidence.
Criminal liability does not arise merely because a death occurred in the house. It is personal, and requires proof of an act or omission attributable to a specific person and a causal link between it and the result. Handling the situation properly from the first moment, by reporting immediately, cooperating fully, preserving evidence and avoiding inconsistent statements, is the best protection for an innocent homeowner. The deceased worker's family, through a representative or the embassy, is equally entitled to follow the investigation and pursue its civil rights.
8. Recruitment agencies and insurance
The recruitment agency's role relates mainly to the start of the relationship: the medical examination and fitness, the guarantee period set by the recruitment contract, and replacement or refund in the cases defined by the contract and the governing decisions. Responsibility for treatment and care during employment remains with the employer, who may not return an injured worker to the agency to escape her medical costs or leave her at the agency's premises without care. If the agency concealed a health condition it knew of, the homeowner may pursue it under the recruitment contract and the general rules.
As for insurance, the residence-linked health insurance scheme covers part of the treatment in government facilities. Some insurers also offer optional policies covering domestic workers against personal accidents or death, or covering the homeowner's liability to others. Such a policy is useful but does not remove the employer's legal obligations, and its terms and exclusions, especially regarding injuries caused by negligence, should be read carefully. This article does not assume any compulsory insurance specific to domestic worker injuries unless one is issued and verified with the competent authority. For health insurance generally, see Health Insurance in Kuwait.
Principles Settled by the Court of Cassation
On matters related to this subject, the Court of Cassation has settled general principles of civil liability that serve as guidance, including:
- The Court of Cassation has consistently held that tort liability rests on fault, damage and a causal link between them, and that establishing fault and causation are questions of fact for the trial court, provided its reasoning is sound and grounded in the record.
- It has held that the liability of the custodian of things requiring special care rests on presumed fault and is lifted only by proof of an external cause beyond the custodian's control.
- It has held that a principal is liable for the acts of an employee committed while performing his duties or because of them, and that the principal may recover from the employee what he has paid.
- It has held that a final criminal judgment binds the civil court on what it necessarily decided regarding the occurrence of the act and its attribution to the perpetrator.
- It has held that compensation covers both material and moral damage, and that its assessment lies within the trial court's discretion provided it identifies the elements of damage taken into account.
Methodological note: these principles are stated in general terms reflecting the settled approach of Kuwaiti courts to civil liability. We have not attributed appeal numbers or judgment dates to them, because the purpose here is awareness rather than citation. We did not find a published principle specific to domestic worker injuries that we could reproduce with confidence, so none is quoted. When preparing an actual case, refer to the official law reports for specific, dated judgments, and to the Domestic Workers Law and its regulations as in force at the time of the incident.
Practical Steps and Documents
When an injury occurs
- Give whatever first aid you can and call an ambulance immediately for serious injuries; do not postpone taking the worker to hospital.
- Keep medical reports and receipts for treatment and medicines, and record the date, time and circumstances of the injury and the names of anyone who witnessed it.
- Photograph the scene and the tool or appliance involved, and do not discard or repair it until the situation is clear.
- If the injury results from an assault or there is any suspicion of a crime, a police report is required and must not be concealed.
- Give her the rest period the doctor prescribes, do not count it against her annual leave without basis, and do not stop her wages during it.
When a death occurs
- Call emergency services immediately and report the death; do not move the body or clean the scene.
- Hand over her passport, civil ID and employment contract to the authorities on request.
- Inform her embassy and the recruitment agency, and coordinate with them on the body and on notifying her family.
- Inventory her belongings in a written record before two witnesses and keep them safe until handed to an authorised representative.
- Prepare a statement of her entitlements: unpaid wages, end-of-service gratuity and any money held on her behalf.
Complaints and compensation
The worker or her representative may file a complaint with the authority responsible for domestic labour, which receives complaints from this group and tries to settle them amicably; if settlement fails, the dispute is referred to the competent court as the law provides. For crimes, the report goes to the police station or the competent investigating authority, and the victim may bring a civil claim before the criminal court. Full compensation for negligence may require a separate civil action. For the general framework of labour complaints, see Labour Complaint Template in Kuwait, bearing in mind that domestic worker complaints have their own authority and procedure. Always verify the current competent body and its location, as the organisational affiliation of departments sometimes changes by regulatory decision.
Document checklist
- The approved employment contract and the recruitment contract.
- Copies of the worker's passport and civil ID.
- Medical reports and any forensic report.
- The police report or the investigating authority's decision.
- Proof of wage payments or bank transfers.
- In case of death: the death certificate, proof of heirship and legalised powers of attorney.
- Photographs, messages and witness names.
- Any insurance policy, and receipts for medical expenses.
Hypothetical Cases
Case 1: A fall while cleaning windows
Hypothetical facts: The lady of the house asked the worker to clean the external glass facade of the second floor. She stood on the window ledge without a safety harness, fell, and suffered fractures requiring surgery and a long recovery. The homeowner refused to pay for the part of the surgery not covered by health insurance and asked the recruitment agency to replace her.
Legal analysis: The injury occurred during and because of the work, and the task involved an obvious danger without any safety measure, which is the kind of work the law prohibits assigning to a domestic worker. Treatment is entirely the homeowner's responsibility, and he may not dispose of the injured worker by returning her to the agency. She may claim compensation for material and moral damage, and criminal liability for negligent injury may be examined depending on the investigation.
Case 2: A road accident involving the private driver
Hypothetical facts: While taking the children to school, the driver ran a red light and hit another car, seriously injuring its driver and breaking his own arm. The family car's third-party insurance was valid.
Legal analysis: The driver faces criminal liability for negligent injury and the traffic violation. The other driver is entitled to compensation from the insurer within the policy limits, and the homeowner may be civilly liable as principal and owner for anything beyond that, with a right of recourse against the driver. The driver's own treatment remains the employer's obligation, while insurance cover for his injury depends on the policy. The employer may not deduct compensation he paid from the driver's wages without a legal basis or a judgment.
Case 3: A sudden death in the worker's room
Hypothetical facts: The worker was found dead in her room one morning, next to an electric heater plugged into a multi-socket extension. The panicked family drove the body to hospital before calling the police, and then delayed informing the embassy.
Legal analysis: The death is suspicious and requires an investigation and a forensic report to establish the cause, such as suffocation, electrocution or a medical cause. Moving the body before reporting is a procedural mistake that may raise suspicion, though it does not in itself establish criminal liability. If the cause is found to be unsafe wiring in accommodation provided by the homeowner, civil liability toward the heirs may arise, and the criminal side will be assessed on the outcome of the investigation. Her entitlements and the repatriation obligations remain due in every case.
Comparison: What the Homeowner Owes by Type of Incident
- Ordinary illness during the contract: treatment and care by the employer; compensation not usually due; no wage deduction.
- Work injury with no clear fault by anyone: treatment by the employer; compensation may be claimed under the special law and the rules on liability for things.
- Injury caused by the homeowner's negligence: treatment, full compensation for material and moral damage, and possible criminal liability for negligent injury.
- Injury caused solely by the worker's own fault: treatment still owed; compensation may be excluded or reduced at the court's discretion.
- Intentional assault: criminal liability of the perpetrator, civil compensation, administrative measures against the employer, and possibly the anti-trafficking law.
- Road accident involving the driver: treatment by the employer; third-party compensation through insurance and principal's liability; the driver's own cover per the policy.
- Natural death: reporting, repatriation obligations under the law and the contract, and payment of entitlements to heirs.
- Death caused by negligence: all of the above, plus compensation for the heirs, diya and possible criminal liability for negligent homicide.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Must I pay for treatment if the worker is injured outside working hours?
The duty to provide treatment and health care applies throughout the contract and is not limited to work injuries. Compensation is what depends on the cause of the injury and its connection to the work.
2. Does the government health insurance fully discharge my duty?
It covers part of the treatment in government facilities under its rules, but costs, medicines and tests it does not cover remain the employer's responsibility.
3. Can I deduct medical costs from her salary?
No. Treatment is the employer's obligation, and a deduction is a reduction of her wage that she can reclaim before the competent authority.
4. The worker is permanently disabled. Can I end her contract?
Termination is governed by the Domestic Workers Law and does not cancel her right to compensation or entitlements. Take legal advice before acting to avoid liability.
5. Who pays to repatriate the worker's body?
In practice the employer's obligation to fund her return extends to transporting the body in the event of death; check the contract and the competent authority for the details of each case.
6. Will I automatically be accused if the worker dies in my home?
No. Criminal liability is personal and requires proof of fault and causation. An investigation is normal in an unnatural death, and cooperating with it protects you.
7. What should I do if the worker harms herself?
Call the ambulance and police immediately, do not try to handle it alone, and keep anything that shows the circumstances. The investigating authorities will establish what happened.
8. Is the recruitment agency liable for an illness that appears after arrival?
It may be, within the guarantee period and the terms of the recruitment contract, if the illness predates arrival; but that does not relieve the homeowner of the duty of urgent care.
9. Can the worker complain without her sponsor's permission?
Yes. Her right to complain to the police or the competent authority does not depend on the employer's permission, and she may not be prevented or punished for using it.
10. May I keep her passport so she does not leave after an injury?
No. The Domestic Workers Law prohibits confiscating a worker's passport, and an injury or dispute does not change that.
11. Does the family waive compensation by accepting her entitlements?
Receiving entitlements is not a waiver of compensation unless there is an express, valid waiver by someone entitled to give it. Any settlement should state precisely what it covers.
12. Does the right to claim compensation expire?
Yes, claims are subject to limitation periods set by law, so do not delay. A lawyer can tell you which period applies to your case.
Conclusion
The relationship with a domestic worker is both an employment relationship and a human one, and the law places a basic responsibility on the homeowner for her welfare: treating her when she is ill or injured, housing her safely, not assigning work that endangers her life, and protecting her from any assault. These are legal duties, not favours, and breaching them carries civil, criminal and administrative consequences.
At the same time, a homeowner is not liable for every harm simply because it happened in his house; liability depends on fault, cause and circumstances. His best protection is prevention: safe accommodation, tasks free from danger, sound appliances, a licensed driver and an insured vehicle, followed by disciplined conduct if an incident occurs: immediate reporting, cooperation and preservation of evidence.
For the worker or her family, the rights to treatment, compensation and entitlements are real, and the route to claiming them runs through the competent authority, the police and the courts. Every case has its own facts that determine the best course, which is why it is wise to have the matter reviewed by a lawyer before taking any irreversible step.
Legal Notice
This article provides general legal information about Kuwaiti law and is not legal advice, nor does it create a lawyer-client relationship. The rules described are subject to legislative amendment and to judicial application on the facts of each case, and procedural details should be confirmed with the competent authorities.
If a domestic worker has been injured or has died in your home, or if you are a domestic worker or a relative seeking your rights, the team at Yumnaak Law Firm can review the facts, identify where liability lies, and handle the complaint, the defence or the compensation claim before the competent authorities. Contact us through our Contact Us page or book an appointment to discuss your case.
