Panel discusses plan to amend work visa issue

 The Supreme Consultative Committee for Labor Affairs held its first meeting for 2022-2023 after it was re-formed according to the decision of the Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Integrity Promotion for 2022, reports Al-Rai daily. The meeting was held at the Public Authority for Manpower headquarters in the presence of PAM committee members, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Kuwait Municipality, the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the General Federation of Kuwait Workers.

The meeting was chaired by acting Director-General of the Public Authority for Manpower, Sultan Al-Shaalani. The committee discussed many issues related to the Kuwaiti labor market and proposals submitted by the Employment Affairs Sector of the Public Authority for Manpower to amend some provisions of the list of rules and procedures for granting work permits pursuant to Resolution No. 156 of 2022.

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