Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 546

A female employee married to an employee working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or to one of those dispatched by other governmental entities on representative missions. She has the right to special leave at half salary to accompany her husband throughout his work abroad and to have the leave period counted as service for her. - Decree-Law No. 15 of 1979 concerning the Civil Service. Its provisions apply to governmental entities and entities whose service affairs are regulated by special laws in matters for which no special provision appears in those laws, except military personnel of the army, police and National Guard. - A governmental entity within the meaning of the civil service. What is meant thereby. Every ministry, department or administrative unit whose budget forms part of the State's general budget or is annexed thereto. The import thereof. The Public Investment Authority is an administrative unit of the State attached to the Ministry of Finance, its budget is annexed to the State budget, and it is considered a governmental entity within the meaning of Law No. 21 of 1992 concerning the diplomatic and consular corps system; the wives of employees working at one of its offices abroad may obtain leave at half salary to accompany them.