Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2862

Termination of the employment contract upon the cessation of the establishment: its cases. Its effect: the worker’s right to claim his employment entitlements, including the end-of-service gratuity, arises. - The worker’s right to continue in the successor’s service while retaining his gratuity for the previous period, or to claim it from the predecessor. Optional for him without restriction. The gratuity becomes a debt payable by the successor alongside the predecessor’s obligation to pay it. Art. 59 of Law 38/1964 concerning Labour in the Private Sector.