5.6.1 Policy of non-discrimination against women
5.6.2 Policy of non-discrimination for transgender people
5.6.3 Maternity and paternity policies that support women’s participation
5.6.4 Accessible childcare facilities for students
5.6.5 Childcare facilities for staff and faculty
5.6.6 Women’s mentoring schemes
5.6.7 Measurement/tracking of women’s likelihood of graduating compared to men’s
5.6.8 Policy that protects those reporting discrimination from educational or employment disadvantage
5.6.9 Paternity Policy
Failure Due to Absences
Allowed hours cover all types of absences including sick leaves, hospital admissions, car traffic accidents, dental/imaging appointments, or being late to class.
Excused absences are those with approved medical reports for hospital admission, maternity leave, sports leave or death of first-degree relatives. This means the student is allowed make up any missed assessments and submit any delayed work but absence days are not removed as they were physically not in class. Documentation must be provided to the OSC advisor so faculty are notified.
Absences are removed only in the following cases: 3 days mourning for the death of a first-degree relative,
2 weeks for sports leaves representing Kuwait or GUST, and 2 weeks for maternity leave.
In order to receive her unborn child and recover from childbirth, a pregnant worker is entitled to an unpaid maternity leave of 18 continuous weeks. Only the biological mother is entitled to maternity leave. During her leave, her employment relationship is protected.
The leave may start from the 16th week before the expected delivery date and end no later than 20 weeks after the delivery week, if the leave starts at the time of delivery, the week of delivery is not included in the calculation.
If delivery occurs after the due date, the worker is entitled to at least 2 weeks of maternity leave after delivery, even if she has already used her 18 weeks.
Kuwait Labor Law Private Sector Section 3
Female Employees
A female employee assigned to work a man’s job must be given equal compensation. Female employees have the same standard working hours as male employees but they are not allowed to work between 7pm to 6am. However female employees working for clinics, pharmacies, hotels, nursery schools, homes for the handicapped, airlines, tourist offices, theaters, and entertainment industries are allowed to work beyond the standard working hours. Female workers working in cooperative societies, public utilities, beauty salons, tailoring shops, banks and offices may work during night time but only until midnight. MSA&L may extend night-time working hours during Ramadan, on Eids, and public holidays. Transportation must be arranged by the employers for female employees working at night.
Maternity Leave
A pregnant woman is privileged to have a maximum of 30 days maternity leave before the date of delivery and 40 days after delivery. A pregnant woman can also be absent from work up to 100 days, consecutive or not, after the maternity leave but without pay. A medical certificate stating that the person is not yet fit to work needs to be presented as basis for the additional absences incurred after the maternity leave. This maternity leave will be forfeited on day-per-day basis until her annual leave are all taken.
Read more no Kuwait Labor Law here.
