Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2022

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

English translation of the principle

Wages, as a periodically recurring right, are subject to the five-year or one-year limitation period. - A worker's employment outside working hours or days. Overtime work. Its effect on the nature of his remuneration therefor and its prescription. - The worker's periodic rights. They are not subject to the five-year limitation period; they are subject to prescription upon the expiry of fifteen years. An example.
Arabic original
الأجر باعتباره حقا دورياً متجدداً يخضع للتقادم الخمسي أو الحولي. - اشتغال العامل في غير ساعات أو أيام العمل. عمل إضافي. أثر ذلك على طبيعة أجره عنه وتقادمه. - حقوق العامل الدورية. لا تخضع للتقادم الخمسي خضوعها للتقادم بمضي خمسة عشر سنة. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠/٩٧ عمالي جلسة ٢٤/١١/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 385. PDF pages: 385.

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