Kuwait is issuing new regulations to improve working conditions for more than 400,000 Asian domestic servants.
A government committee rapporteur, Amina Ghazi, confirmed on Wednesday that the law would stipulate a minimum wage, a weekly rest-day, a limit on working hours and payment of overtime.
All of these basic standards are non-existent under the Gulf country's current law.
"We will review employment contracts between maids and their employees to determine more accurately the relationship between the two parties.
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