Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4193

Commission as an integral part of wages. The scope within which it is payable differs from the scope within which overtime pay is due. Agreement that the worker’s wages be divided between a specified amount and a percentage commission. The worker is entitled to both according to the work performed, even if the worker does not work any hours beyond the original period prescribed by law. Additional hours. The worker must be paid for them at the normal wage rate plus a proportional supplement of at least one quarter of that wage. Wages taking the form of a specified amount and commission. It is impermissible to link commission to overtime hours and regard commission as payment for those hours. The reason and basis thereof.