10.6.1 Admissions policy which is non-discriminatory
10.6.2 Tracking applications & admissions of underrepresented groups
10.6.3 Programmes to recruit students/staff/faculty from under-represented groups
10.6.4 Anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies
10.6.5 Diversity and equality committee, office and/or officer
10.6.6 Mentoring/counselling programmes to support students, staff, faculty from underrepresented groups
10.6.7 Accessible facilities for people with disabilities
10.6.8 Support services for people with disabilities
10.6.9 Access schemes for people with disabilities
10.6.10 Reasonable accommodation policy/strategy implemented for persons with disabilities
Human Resource Units
Human Resources Department is the organizational function that deals with issues related to Employees and faculty Members, such as, Hiring, Organization Development, Safety, Wellness, Benefits, Employee
Motivation, Communication, Administration and Trainings. At GUST, the Human Resources Department strives to improve the organizational system by increasing inspiration to our Employees and Faculty members to create a better working environment and create a better reputation for GUST.
The HR Department is tasked by the University to advise on and implement policies and trainings related to diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights on campus. HR ensures posting the University’s policies on its website and shares the policies and circulars via email with all the employees of GUST
The Human Resources Department is also responsible for processing the administrative formalities for Faculty Members' benefits, including:
• Educational Allowance
• Furniture Grants
• Conferences/Duty Entitlements
• Medical Insurance
On occasion, the Human Resources Department will issue the following documents on request:
• Employment Certificates
• Salary Statements
• Sick Leave Forms
In addition, the Human Resources department is responsible for initiating and following-up on government formalities regarding work permits, visas, residence, and social security.
Talent Acquisition and Retention
Encompasses the activities involved in building and maintaining GUST workforce, such as sourcing, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, orientation & retention.
The main tasks are handling:
1. Job advertisements in local and overseas targets.
2. All recruitment formalities to employ academic and non-academic staff from both Kuwait and abroad according to the University's manpower needs.
3. Part-time faculty or staff member hiring whenever requested.
4. Authentication of all degrees and transcripts for faculty.
5. Monthly/weekly progress reports that record the unit's activities.
6. All recruitment offers and contracts.
7. Applicant queries concerned with their recruitment procedures.
All manpower requests and obtain the necessary approvals
Total Rewards
Encompasses direct & indirect remuneration approaches used to attract, recognize and retain GUST employees.
The main tasks are handling:
1. Staff and faculty payroll
2. Annual manpower and training budgeting
3. Annual ticket for faculty/directors
4. Staff leave processes
5. Health Insurance
6. Education allowance for faculty/directors
7. Annual ticket for faculty/directors
8. End of Service process for exiting staff and faculty
Learning and Development
To promote and support employee development that enhance organizational knowledge and employee capability within GUST.
Some of the main tasks are handling:
1. Staff Training
2. Employee Development Plans
3. Employee Competency Framework
Government Relations
This unit is responsible for all the government relation activities and requirements within GUST.
The main tasks are handling:
1. Renewal/Creating of Residency and Civil ID for all staff and faculty.
2. Any residency issues.
3. Driving license issues.
Personnel and Administration
This unit is responsible for all the personnel and administrative activities and requirements within GUST.
The main tasks are handling:
1. PMOS Self Services
2. Maintenance of HRMS
3. Conference and duty issues for staff and faculty
Learning and development
To promote and support employee development that enhance organizational knowledge and employee capability within GUST.
The main tasks are handling:
1. GUST organization structures
2. GUST Job Descriptions
3. Employee investigations
4. Staff Training
5. Staff Performance appraisal and assessments
6. Employee Development Plans
7. Employee Competency Framework
The Human Resource Staff
The Human Resources Department is responsible to advise on and implement policies, programs, and trainings related to diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights on campus.
Policy of non-discrimination
GUST code of Conduct Policy was issued in October 2nd 2013 and slightly modified in April 12th 2022.
In GUST Code of Conduct Policy, article I, Our commitment states:
The Gulf University of Science & Technology (GUST) is committed to the highest level of integrity and honesty in all of its affairs, without any kind of discrimination against women.
Equal Employment Opportunity
• It is GUST’s policy to recruit, employ and promote employees on the basis of their skills, qualifications and abilities required for the work to be performed, with no discrimination to race, color, religion, sex, age, social status, physical or mental disability or any other factor.
If outsourcing activities to third parties needed, then GUST takes all appropriate measures to ensure the equivalent rights of employees are met.
Harassment
GUST is committed to provide all employees with a work place that is free from harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, social status, physical or mental disability or any other factor. Harassment include all actions of verbal harassment, physical harassment, visual harassment or sexual harassment .
Human Rights Club - Syrian Female Refugees
The Human Rights Club hosted Public
International Law Instructor and refugee rights advocate Aisha Al Qassar in a seminar about female Syrian refugees. The seminar aimed at bringing attention to the harsh conditions refugees live in, and what we can do to help, based
on her personal experience in visiting refugee camps in Turkey and Jordan.
Bayan Club Celebrates International Women’s Day
Kuwait City, 21 March 2021: In celebration of International Women’s Day, GUST’s Bayan Cultural Club held an event on The Portrayal of Women in Nizar Qabani’s Poetry. The event was held on March 8 on Microsoft Teams and was open to the general public to join.
Attendees included students from GUST and from other Universities in Kuwait.
Human Rights Club
GUST has a student’s club called The Human Rights Club. The club has many scheduled events and activities. Their mission is to raise awareness about contemporary human rights issues and promote deeper understandings about dignity and equality.
Syrian Female Refugees
The Human Rights Club hosted Public International Law Instructor and refugee rights advocate Aisha Al Qassar in a seminar about female Syrian refugees. The seminar aimed at bringing attention to the harsh conditions refugees live in, and what we can do to help, based on her personal experience in visiting refugee camps in Turkey and Jordan .
Principles of Human Rights
In collaboration with the Human Line Organization, the Human Rights Club organized a workshop about the ‘Principles of Human Rights’. The workshop explained the basic principles of human rights and was given by Lulu Al Rudaini.
