Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4226

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

English translation of the principle

The maximum working hours. The legislature’s purpose in specifying it, its limits, the special remuneration for it, and the requirement of a written assignment thereof. Absence of a written order. Its necessary consequence. The worker’s right to prove it by all means of proof, including presumptions. - Treating the statements of witnesses heard by the expert without taking an oath as a presumption that the employer assigned the worker overtime hours. No defect.
Arabic original
الحد الأقصى لساعات العمل. هدف المشرع من تحديده وحدوده والمقابل المميز له واشتراط التكليف الكتابي به. عدم توافر الأمر الكتابي. لازمه. حق العامل في إثباته بطرق الإثبات كافة ومنها القرائن. - اتخاذ أقوال الشهود الذين سمعهم الخبير دون حلف يمين قرينة على تكليف صاحب العمل للعامل بالعمل لساعات إضافية. لا عيب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٩/٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٣/٣/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٤٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 826. PDF pages: 826.

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