Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4143

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

English translation of the principle

The grant given by an employer to his workers in addition to their agreed wages passing from the sphere of gratuity to that of obligation. Its condition. The employer’s habitual provision thereof and the worker’s belief that the employer is bound thereby. Habitual practice. Its conditions. Generality, continuity, and constancy of value. - Establishment of the worker’s entitlement to the grant. Its effect.
Arabic original
خروج المنحة التي يعطيها صاحب العمل لعماله زيادة على أجورهم المتفق عليها من نطاق التبرع إلى نطاق الإلزام. شرطه. اعتياد صاحب العمل على منحها واعتقاد العامل في إلزامه بها. الاعتياد. شروطه. العموم والاستمرار وثبات القيمة. - ثبوت أحقية العامل في المنحة. أثره.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٠، ١١/٨٨ عمالي جلسة ١٩/١٢/١٩٨٨ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٤٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 814. PDF pages: 814.

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