Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1107

An employee’s absence from work pursuant to Article 81 of the Civil Service Regulations. Effect. No entitlement to any salaries, allowances, or benefits of his position during the period of absence. Import. Exclusion of the period of absence from his period of service and deprivation of the periodic increment, and his return to work does not mean that he is deemed to have continued working during the period of absence. - Deprivation of an employee’s periodic increment because of his absence from work. Its rule differs from deprivation thereof because of his performance appraisal.