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Kuwait: Rules changed on women working late
KUWAIT: Female employees in establishments such as banks and restaurants, as well as those in educational and non-profit institutions are to be allowed to work nightshifts up until midnight, following labor minister Dr. Mohammad Al-Afasi's introduction of new regulations.Female workers in other fields, including journalism, medicine and laboratory work and the law, along with female pharmacy, hotel, amusement park, cinema and media personnel, will also be covered by the new regulations, reported Al-Watan.
Women will be banned from working in a number of professions of a physically strenuous or hazardous nature, including working directly with petrochemicals and in manufacturing in which chemical substances are used, as well as construction work. Another new regulation prohibits outdoor work for both sexes from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM between June 1 and the end of August due to the extreme heat in this period.
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