Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4140

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

English translation of the principle

Linking the additional bonus to overtime pay and treating the bonus as the price of those additional hours. Not permissible. The rationale thereof. - The statutory assessment of overtime pay. A matter of public policy. - 813 - Labour
Arabic original
الربط بين المكافأة الإضافية وأجر ساعات العمل الإضافية واعتبار المكافأة ثمناً لتلك الساعات الإضافية. لا يسوغ. علة ذلك. - التقدير القانوني لأجر ساعات العمل الإضافية. متعلق بالنظام العام. - ٨١٣ - عمل
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠/٨٧ عمالي جلسة ٢٢/٦/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٣٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 813. PDF pages: 813.

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