Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3968

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The release in which the worker acknowledges settlement of his financial entitlements owed by the employer and that he will not seek recourse against the employer for any of them. Evidence against the worker as to its contents. He may not rebut that evidentiary force or free himself from it. The rationale thereof: the permissibility of the worker waiving and settling his financial entitlements after the employment relationship has ended and they have actually vested in him. The condition thereof. An example.
Arabic original
المخالصة التي يقر فيها العامل بتخالصه عن حقوقه المالية بذمة صاحب العمل وبعدم رجوعه عليه بأي منها. حجة على العامل بما ورد فيها. عدم جواز نقضه لتلك الحجية أو التحلل منها. علة ذلك: جواز تنازل العامل عن حقوقه المالية وتصالحه عليها بعد انتهاء علاقة العمل وثبوتها له بالفعل. شرط ذلك. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٩/٢٠٠١ عمالي جلسة ١٨/٣/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ١٢٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 789. PDF pages: 789.

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