Ramadan 2025: Kuwait cuts working hours for physically challenged

Cairo: Kuwait has reduced working hours for physically challenged employees during the upcoming fasting month of Ramadan.

During the month, expected this year to start on Saturday, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking everyday from dawn to dusk.

Acting head of the Kuwaiti Public Authority for the Disabled Wafaa Al Mahna said all ministries have been approached to reduce working hours for employees with disabilities, or those who care for them during Ramadan.

She added that the physically challenged and their care givers enjoy a reduction in working hours by two hours per day with pay during the sacred month in all government agencies.

The cut in working hours includes the employee with a severe, moderate or simple disability, the employee who cares for a disabled person, and the employee who has a custody or guardianship ruling and cares for a person with a moderate or severe disability, according to her.

However, she noted that it is not permissible to reduce working hours for two members of the same family except in the case of multiple disabled people and it is proven that each of them is caring for a disabled person. In this case, the beneficiary should coordinate with his/her workplace to choose the time to reduce working hours.

Al Mahna said that reducing working hours will be applied during Ramadan whether at the beginning or end of the work day without splitting the two hours.

Specifying the reduction time should be arranged according to the regulations in effect at each government agency.