Free Payslip Generator (Kuwait)

Kuwait's Private Sector Labour Law (Law No. 6 of 2010) does not set a statutory payslip format, and the ILO's 2025 review of wage protection in the Gulf states reports that itemized payslips are not required anywhere in the GCC. What the law does regulate is the payment itself: Article 57 requires wages to be paid by bank transfer into a local account, and the transfer is reported to the Public Authority for Manpower through its wage protection system.

Pay is in Kuwaiti dinars, monthly or fortnightly according to the type of contract, and may not be delayed more than seven days past the due date. The system checks the basic wage written in the contract (Article 55), so the payslip should show the contract wage, allowances, deductions and net pay clearly, even though no article dictates the layout. For domestic workers, Article 8 of Law No. 68 of 2015 requires the employer to issue a receipt for the monthly wage, and the bank transfer record counts as proof of payment.

Social security contributions to the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) are due at the start of the month after the month they cover. When that date falls on a holiday it moves to the next working day. Once payment is more than ten days late, a surcharge of 1% a month is added to the unpaid amount.

Other penalties in the PIFSS legislation guide: 500 fils for each day of delay in sending the required data, notices and forms, and 10% of the contributions due where staff are not registered within ten days of starting work or contributions are paid on salaries that are not the real ones.

Unemployment insurance covers insured employees in the private and oil sectors only. The employee pays 0.5% and the employer pays 0.5% of salary up to KD 2,750 a month. Self-employed people carrying on a commercial activity are not covered. Compensation is 60% of the salary on which the pension is calculated, paid for up to six months each time.

Two funds are paid by the insured person alone: 2.5% of salary up to KD 2,750 to the pension increase fund, and 2.5% of salary up to KD 1,500 to the financial reward fund, which is paid for 18 years from 1 January 2015.