Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 564

A grant or bonus. Considered part of the wage if the employer undertakes to pay it in the employment contract, a subsequent agreement, the work regulations, or pursuant to custom. The condition for this: regularity in its award and belief in its obligatory nature. Fulfilment of that condition. Its effect. The grant is considered part of the wage and included in calculating the end-of-service benefit. - The establishment of any right or advantage for the worker under the work regulations makes them the basis for calculating the end-of-service benefit even if they conflict with the Labour Law. The rationale for this: they are more beneficial to the worker, even if the regulations postdate the employment contract. Example concerning the award to a worker of permanent free shares and their inclusion in calculating the end-of-service benefit. - See also the legal principles established by the Court of Cassation over forty years - Volume Nine - Commercial and Labour. In matters of indebtedness: