Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 378

State of Kuwait · Recent Commercial, Administrative, Civil, Labour and Personal Status Matters · محكمة التمييز (حسب الغلاف)

English translation of the principle

Summary: - Establishment that the worker terminated his service of his own free will without being dismissed by the employer. Effect thereof. His lack of entitlement to payment in lieu of notice. Rule: If it is established from the papers that the respondent did not dismiss the appellant and that the latter terminated his service of his own free will, he is consequently not entitled to payment in lieu of notice. Since the challenged judgment adhered to this view and ruled to reject this claim, it correctly applied the law, and the criticism directed against it on this ground is without basis.
Arabic original
الموجز: - ثبوت أن العامل أنهى خدمته بمحض إرادته دون أن يفصله صاحب العمل. أثره. عدم استحقاقه لبدل الإنذار. القاعدة: إذا كان الثابت من الأوراق أن المطعون ضده لم يفصل الطاعن وأنه هو الذي أنهى خدمته بمحض إرادته وبالتالي لا يستحق بدل الإنذار، وإذا التزم الحكم المطعون فيه هذا النظر وقضى برفض هذا الطلب فإنه يكون قد طبق القانون تطبيقاً صحيحاً ويكون النعي عليه بهذا الوجه على غير أساس.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن رقم ٧٤٣/٢٠١٣ عمالي جلسة ٨/٧/٢٠١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Recent Commercial, Administrative, Civil, Labour and Personal Status Matters — محكمة التمييز (حسب الغلاف). Printed page 612. PDF pages: 612.

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