Kuwait Municipality to dismiss half of expat workforce

Kuwait Municipality to dismiss half of expat workforce KUWAIT 21st May, 2020: Kuwait Municipality is in the process of finalizing lists of expat employees whose services will be terminated within a few weeks, Minister of State for Municipality Affairs Waleed Al-Jassem said. The minister informed top officials at the Municipality to select the number of expatriate employees that they can dismiss from their departments and that a final decision on the issue is expected immediately after the Eid Al-Fitr holidays, which end on May 26. Jassem had issued a decision last week to halt the employment of expats at the Municipality and also ordered to terminate the contracts of existing employees. Local media reports said yesterday that the Municipality plans to terminate the services of at least 50 percent of the expat workforce. According to the latest official figures by the Central Statistical Bureau, Kuwait Municipality had 6,800 employees at the middle of last year, and onl…