KUWAIT: The Manpower Public Authority mulls canceling the KD 250 financial security deposit that employers executing government projects have to make for each worker brought from abroad, said informed sources. Many major companies had requested removing the insurance imposed last April on grounds that the fee accumulates in view of the number of laborers each company brings, the sources said, adding that the companies believe that these funds could instead be utilized in finishing the projects quicker. “For example, a company bringing 2,000 laborers would have to pay half a million,” explained the sources

By Meshaal Al-Enezi