Kuwait mandates digital salaries for private sector

Gulf countries have been moving fast to implement a transparent system in which wages are paid fully and without delay, and strengthen confidence between employees and employers. Kuwait is the latest country to adopt a mandatory digital wage payment system for the private sector.

The stricter monitoring system is part of Kuwait’s wider efforts to improve labour compliance, protect foreign workers, among whom Indians constitute the largest group, and reinforce the country’s international reputation in labour standards and human rights



protection.

The Kuwait Wage Payment System (KWPS) will process and monitor salary transfers to private sector employees through local banks and ensure that wages are disbursed electronically in a secure and reliable manner.

Officials emphasised that delayed or irregular salary payments would not be tolerated, as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef instructed authorities to implement a transparent system, stating that “workers’ wages are a red line”, according to reports.