Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1606

Termination of the employment contract upon cessation of the establishment: its cases. Its effect: the worker’s right to claim his employment entitlements, including the end-of-service gratuity. - The worker’s right to continue in the successor’s service while retaining his gratuity for the preceding period, or to claim it from the predecessor. An option available to him without restriction. The gratuity becomes a debt payable by the successor alongside the predecessor’s obligation to pay it. Article 59 of Law 38/1964 (*) concerning employment in the private sector.