This program introduces participants to the theoretical concepts and practical applications of the Social Insurance Law in the private and oil sectors. It also develops the skills of finance and personnel staff in implementing these laws, through a number of practical cases that show how the legal provisions are applied to each.

It also updates employees in the private and oil sectors on recent developments in the laws governing rights, duties and disputes between managers and subordinates.

The program runs over two days, on 19 – 20 October 2026, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM, in a fully equipped hotel hall, and is delivered in Arabic.

Group discount: when two participants are nominated, the third participant attends free of charge.

This program is suitable for:

• Administrative affairs staff.
• Social insurance staff.
• Oil and petroleum sector employees.
• Private sector employees.
• Government sector employees.
• Managers and executives.
• Heads of departments and supervisors.
• Personnel and human resources staff.
• Legal affairs staff and lawyers.
• Finance staff.

Program Topics

• Scope of application of Law No. 61 of 1976 and its amendments.
• Persons covered by the provisions of Part Three of the Social Insurance Law.
• Procedures and rules for registering Kuwaiti employees (Part Three).
• The concept of salary and its supplements used as the basis for calculating end-of-service benefits, insurance deductions and the pension amount.
• How the Public Institution for Social Security is managed and financed, and its main legal and actuarial aspects.
• Social insurance under Part Five (employers): registration – contribution bracket – calculating the contribution period – pension entitlement cases – how the pension is calculated.
• Periods that count toward the insurance contribution period and periods that do not.
• Retirement pension and temporary pension: cases and provisions.
• How the pension is calculated for all categories of insured persons, and the reduction rates in case of resignation.
• Monthly contributions and the amounts paid on behalf of insured persons to the old-age, disability, sickness and death insurance fund.
• Amendments introduced by the law regarding pension increases.
• Legal provisions on retirement pensions for ministers, members of the National Assembly and members of the Municipal Council.
• Cases of entitlement to the retirement gratuity and how it is calculated.
• Cases of adding previous service periods and notional contribution periods, and the conditions for adding them.
• The system for extending insurance protection to citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
• Beneficiaries of the insured person or pensioner, and the entitlement conditions for each beneficiary.
• Provisions on commuting part of the rights of insured persons and pensioners, and the related conditions and effects.
• Provisions on granting exceptional pensions or gratuities.
• Key provisions on the role of employers in granting additional benefits to insured persons.
• Key amendments to the Social Insurance Law concerning insured persons, persons with disabilities and those caring for a person with a disability, under Law No. 8 of 2010 and its amendments on the rights of persons with disabilities.
• End-of-Service Gratuity Law No. 110 of 2014 and its amendments.
• The latest developments and amendments to the Social Insurance Law and the related executive decisions and circulars up to 2026.

Program objectives:

• Provide participants with the theoretical concepts and practical applications of the Social Insurance Law as applied in the State of Kuwait.
• Develop the skills of finance and personnel staff in implementing these laws, through practical cases that show how the legal provisions are applied to each.
• Update employees in the private and oil sectors on the new developments in the Social Insurance Law.