Kuwaiti “Ghost” Workers
I found this article out while searching the internet randomly. You always hear about it, and some of us even know people in this situation, but it appears to be worse then I had ever thought. Getting employment just for benefits and then never showing up? 619 of the last 800 Kuwaiti citizens working private sector jobs are these “ghost” employees! Must be nice. My job can be lax, but I do have to show up. I like the benefit increase too. In my eyes, that seems like it would make people want to have the life of collecting the wealth and not showing up even more.
They are termed ‘ghost’ workers: Kuwaiti citizens appearing to work private sector jobs in order to take government benefits. And following a Ministry of Labor raid, many Kuwaitis are feeling none to happy about being rumbled.
The Ministry claims of the last 800 people it help find work in the private sector, just 181 were at their desks, doing work, when inspectors called. It has started to axe the sizeable monthly benefits.
“They do not attend work and the company even pays their social security. When inspectors go to see them at their job, they never find them,” a Ministry official told the Kuwait Times.
To encourage Kuwaitis into the private sector, and soften the pill for employers, the Manpower Restructuring Program now pays all monthly benefits, including marriage benefits, a per child allotment, as well as the recently passed KD 120 ($450) across the board cost of living increase.
Source: http://www.kippreport.com/kipp/2008/06/24/fury-as-kuwait-rumbles-benefit-cheat-ghost-workers/
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