Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4194

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

English translation of the principle

The agreement between the worker and the employer. The reference for calculating wages. The necessity of observing special laws. - Wages. The enumeration intended by the legislature in specifying what constitutes wages in Article 28 of the Private Sector Labour Law. Its necessary consequence. Anything else does not constitute wages. Consequence thereof. Overtime remuneration is not considered part of wages.
Arabic original
الاتفاق بين العامل ورب العمل. المرجع في احتساب الأجر. وجوب مراعاتة القوانين الخاصة. - الأجر. التعداد الذي توخاه المشرع في بيان ما يعتبر أجراًً بالمادة ٢٨ من قانون العمل في القطاع الأهلي. لازمه. أن ما عداه لا يعد أجراًً. مؤداه. مقابل العمل الإضافي لا يعتبر من الأجر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣/١٩٧٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٤/٥/١٩٧٨ مج ٧ س ص ٢٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 822. PDF pages: 822.

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