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Kuwaiti employees take 2.86 million sick days

  • Kuwait: Thursday, September 13 - 2012 at 11:51

Kuwait's Civil Service Commission has announced more than 2.86 million days has been taken as sick leaves in the public sector during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, costing the state more than KD41.7m, Kuwait Times has reported. The commission said it plans to form a joint committee with the health ministry that will hold "periodic meetings with other ministries to detect sick leaves and sick leave applications," with the purpose of devising certain controls that organize the process of granting sick leaves.

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