Care homes cleaning firm says will stop work

‘Contract money not paid for 8 months’

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 22: A company which provides cleaning services to people in two care homes in Sulaibikhat and Sabahiya has threatened to suspend work after the Public Authority for Persons with Disabilities’ procrastinated in paying the contract money for about 8 months about 400,000 dinars, reports Al-Jarida daily. According to sources in the authority, the contract with this company expired months ago, and a contract was signed with another company, but it failed to implement the terms of the contract, which prompted the authority to extend the contract of the previous company for about 8 months but failed to make the payment for the services provided to the two care homes and the ‘old company’ although it threatened to stop work, continued working from a humanitarian perspective and especially in light of promises given by the authority officials to make the payments, but has failed to fulfill it promise.

The sources stated the previous company faces more than one problem due to the delay in payments by the authority and the threat by its about 500 workers to go on strike and paralyze the work because they are not paid salaries for two months. The sources added another problem is the company is unable to renew the work permits of its employees because the original contract with the authority has expired which exposes the company to legal problems with the Public Authority for Manpower. It is noteworthy to mention there are about 743 inmates with intellectual, (mental and sensory) and (mental and kinesthetic) disabilities that are receiving care at the two centers.

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