"Workers dread false absconding reports; move violates expat rights: KHRS", 10 Nov 2014

 Fabricated absconding reports are like swords pointed at the necks of expatriate employees as they have become tools for depriving these workers of their rights, reports Al-Anba daily quoting the Kuwait Human Rights Society (KHRS).

In a press statement recently, the society asserted the procedures followed by the Public Authority for Manpower do not guarantee protection for employees. For instance, when an inspector goes to the workplace of the employee who has been reported absconding, the employee might be at another workplace under the same company but it is difficult to know such situation as long as the employer is the one guiding the inspector to the whereabouts of the worker. In this situation, the inspector will forward his report to the concerned authorities and from there, the Interior Ministry will address the issue using information which is far from reality, the society explained...