Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3926

The parties to an employment contract may agree to reduce the worker’s wage, whether by amending an existing contract or concluding another contract. Its import. The employer’s obligation to pay that wage. Multiple employment contracts, differences in the wage amounts therein, and treating the period of employment under this contract as continuous or separate. No effect on that obligation. The reason: it is a debt owed by the employer, to be paid in the same amount agreed for the period of the claim, not other periods. - The appellant’s assertion that his agreement to reduce his wage in the employment contract resulted from the respondent’s moral ascendancy, without providing evidence thereof. An unsupported defense. - 732 - Civil Procedure - A defense relating to another party:-