Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 547

The absence from Law 38/1964(*) concerning labour in the private sector, as amended, of a provision governing the accrual of interest on financial obligations arising from an employment contract and owed by either party to the other. Its import and necessary consequence: recourse in this regard to the provisions of the Civil Code prohibiting claims for interest, rather than the provisions of the Commercial Law permitting recovery of such interest. The reason for this.