88
• Private Sector Labour Law, No. 6 of
2010
• Law No. 68 on Domestic Workers
• Ministerial Decision No. 2194 of 2016
• Kuwaiti Ministerial Decree No. 166 of
2007 (Art. 2, 5 & 6)
• Council of Ministers’ Decision No.
614 (2018)
• Agreement on Employment of
Domestic Workers between the
Government of the Republic of the
Philippines and the Government of
the State of Kuwait – signed on 11 May
2018
• Memorandum of Understanding
between the Government of the
Republic of the Philippines and the
Government of the State of Kuwait
in the Field of Labor Cooperation –
signed on 23 March 2012
Relevant labor law
and policy (Domestic
workers are not covered
by the labor law in any
country, but separate
laws are now in place for
domestic workers in each
country, enforcement is
an issue, and structural
and practical obstacles
remain)
Bilateral Agreements
between the Philippines
and…
Kuwait
B. GCC Countries Compared
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• Labour Law No. 14 of 2004
• Entry, Exit and Residence Law No. 21
of 2015
• Law No. 15 of 2017 concerning
domestic workers
• 2018 by the Council of Ministers
Decision No. 6.
Qatar
• Agreement on Labor Cooperation
for General Workers Recruitment
and Employment between the
Department of Labor and Employment
of the Republic of the Philippines
and the Ministry of Labor and Social
Development of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia – signed on 11 April 2017
• Agreement on Domestic Worker
Recruitment between the Ministry of
Labor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
and the Department of Labor and
Employment of the Republic of the
Philippines - signed on 19 May 2013
• Labour Law approved by Royal
Decree M/51, of 2005 and its
Implementing Regulations.
• Ministerial Decision No. 310 of 1434
H, 2013 regulating the employment
of domestic workers
• Ministerial Decision No. 605, dated
15/5/1438 H
Saudi Arabia
• Memorandum of Understanding
on Labor Cooperation between the
Philippines and UAE with Protocol on
Domestic Workers Annexed to the
Memorandum of Understanding –
signed on 12 September 2017
• Federal Labour Law 1980.
• Federal Law No. 10 of 2017 on
Support Service Workers (UAE
Domestic Workers Law).
• Passport confiscation is alleged
to be illegal based on an Internal
administrative order by Ministry
of Interior, reference number not
provided
UAE
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