Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1127

Prescription of an employee's right to claim the financial entitlements due to him from the Government upon the lapse of one year from the date of his knowledge of these entitlements or five years from the date they became due, whichever period expires earlier. What is meant by knowledge in this regard: the employee's knowledge of his financial entitlement, its extent and its essential elements. Absence thereof. The one-year limitation period does not commence. An example.