Kuwaiti MPs have proposed raising the minimum wage for nationals to KWD1,500 (US$5,300) per month as part of a raft of changes that would boost the income of residents to among the best in the world.
The proposed minimum wage would be by far the highest in the world – three times the present best in Luxembourg, according to a world ranking by international accounting firm PKF International, based on International Labour Organisation data.
The wage also would increase annually in line with inflation, Kuwait Times reported.
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The MPs also want to increase the housing loan eligibility to KWD100,00 (US$353,540) a year, while also lifting the cap on how much women can borrow from KWD45,000 to KWD100,000.
Kuwaiti employees also would receive a higher allowance per child, while retirees could claim KWD100 per child per month.
And unemployed Kuwaiti women older than 55 years should receive a minimum KWD500 monthly allowance, the proposal, put forward by MPs Faisal Al-Kandari, Hamad Al-Harshani, Nasser Al-Meri, and Bader Al-Bethali, says.
The MPs also called for Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and the public sector to be banned from employing foreigners, except for cleaning and loading jobs.
Such a move would help eradicate unemployment and increase Kuwaiti families’ income, the MPs said.
Parliament is yet to vote on the proposal.
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