Labor Authority to Companies: Convert Salaries for 90% of Workforce by End of Each Month
Public Authority for Manpower Reveals Regulations for Salary Compliance and Linking to the Wage Protection Platform at Kuwait Central Bank
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
The Public Authority for Manpower has revealed the criteria for salary fulfillment for workers registered under company files, specifying two conditions: the necessity of covering 90 percent of the total workforce registered under the file on a monthly basis, along with the transfer and fulfillment of salaries for registered workers for the previous month.
In a related development, the Authority outlined the electronic linkage mechanism with the Salary Protection Platform at the Central Bank of Kuwait, which enables the electronic processing of salary files from the employer to the disbursement results, thereby enhancing oversight of salary transfers and improving the efficiency of monitoring companies’ compliance.
It noted that the mechanism begins with the employer uploading the salary file to the bank, which then transmits the data via the Central Bank’s Salary Protection Platform to the Public Authority for Manpower to verify its conformity with the workforce data registered under the file, before approving the payment and executing the disbursement from the bank, followed by electronically sending the disbursement results to the Authority.
The system aims to enhance the prior verification of salary data before disbursement, eliminate manual correspondence between banks, and electronically link the Authority to salary transfer results, thereby contributing to the rapid detection of cases of non-compliance with salary disbursement regulations.
