Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2065

The contract concluded between the worker and the employer after termination of the employment relationship. Its inclusion of a settlement of the worker's end-of-service gratuity entitlements and fixing them as a lump sum. A new obligation differing from the original obligation in its nature and source. Claiming it. Its subjection to the ordinary procedures for bringing an action. The challenged judgment's ruling that the action is inadmissible because it was not preceded by a request to the Labour Department. Renders it defective and necessitates its cassation. - 378 - Civil Procedure