Posted On
11/21/2016
2:56:08 AM
by
Shah
To work out the overtime correctly, one must have a look at Articles 66, 67 and 68 of the Kuwait Labor Law.
The section of Article 66 which speaks on overtime clearly says that the worker is entitled to a 25 percent increase over his original remuneration for the period of overtime. This means 1.25 times the remuneration of the normal working period.
Article 67 talks about working on weekends. It clearly says the worker shall be entitled to at least 50 per cent of his remuneration, in addition to his original remuneration and to another day off instead of the one on which he worked. This means the worker not only gets 1.5 times the normal remuneration but also another day off and if you are not given that day off, then payment must be made also for that day.
Article 68 says that if a worker is required to work on an official holiday, he shall be entitled to double remuneration and an additional day off. It is also very important to mention that the law uses the word the “remuneration” for the calculation of the overtime and not basic salary. “Remuneration” means the basic salary plus all the other allowances that a worker receives regularly.
The Kuwait Labor Law, second para of Article 67, also makes it very clear that overtime is calculated by dividing the worker’s remuneration by the actual working days without including the weekends, although these weekends are paid. But, before, we go on we must make it clear that for this purpose a month is considered to have 26 working days even for those companies which work 5 days a week.
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Posted On
11/21/2016
3:05:13 AM
by
PJM M
My Dear Shah,
Thank you verymuch the datailed reply. I no the law very clearly for calculating the overtime wages. My question is not about that. If a person is at the site almost 48 hrs continuosly out of which 8 hrs is the working day and how to calculate the Overtime Hours?
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Posted On
11/21/2016
3:07:24 AM
by
PJM M
My question is about the Overtime Hours from Friday morning 8 am to Saturday till 11 pm for a person at the site. Eventhough he did not work continuosly
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Posted On
11/21/2016
3:40:25 AM
by
Shah
Simple. For friday worked hours 1.5 times pay and for saturday extra hours 1.25 pay
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Posted On
11/21/2016
3:53:39 AM
by
PJM M
39.5 hrs continuosly at the site and calculating the friday hours and the extra hours of Saturday is an amicable decision or not? And really that is my problem here.
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