Kuwait sets the 20th of each month as deadline for paying workers' wages

First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef set the 20th of each month as the deadline for paying workers' salaries and warned non-compliant companies of legal action. The Public Authority for Manpower said it will close files of companies that fail to pay. Some 8,849 company files, 18.3% of 48,408, were suspended up to June 2026, while wage compliance rose to 75.6% in July 2026 from 38.7% a year earlier.