Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1589

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The grant given by an employer to his workers in addition to their agreed wages passing from the sphere of gratuity into the sphere of obligation. Its condition. The employer's habitual granting of it and the worker's belief in its obligatory nature. Habitual practice. Its conditions. Generality, continuity, and a fixed value. - Establishment of the worker's entitlement to the grant. Its effect.
Arabic original
خروج المنحة التي يعطيها صاحب العمل لعماله زيادة على اجورهم المتفق عليها من نطاق التبرع إلى نطاق الالزام. شرطه. اعتياد صاحب العمل على منحها واعتقاد العامل في الزامها. الاعتياد. شروطه. العموم والاستمرار وثبات القيمة. - ثبوت أحقية العامل في المنحة. اثره.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٠، ١١/٨٨ عمالي جلسة ١٩/١٢/١٩٨٨ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٥٧٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 304. PDF pages: 304.

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