Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 729

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The maximum working hours. The legislature's purpose in prescribing it, its limits, its special remuneration, and the requirement of written assignment to it. Absence of a written order. Its necessary consequence. The worker's right to prove it by all means of proof, including circumstantial evidence. - Taking the statements of witnesses heard by the expert without an oath as circumstantial evidence that the employer assigned the worker to work additional hours. No defect.
Arabic original
الحد الأقصى لساعات العمل. هدف المشرع من تحديده وحدوده والمقابل المميز له واشتراط التكليف الكتابي به. عدم توافر الأمر الكتابي. لازمه. حق العامل في إثباته بطرق الإثبات كافة ومنها القرائن. - اتخاذ أقوال الشهود الذي سمعهم الخبير دون حلف يمين قرينة على تكليف صاحب العمل للعامل بالعمل لساعات إضافية. لا عيب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٩/١٩٩٤ عمالي جلسة ١٣/٣/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٤٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 124. PDF pages: 121.

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