Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4228

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

English translation of the principle

The employer may employ the worker for overtime hours and on weekly rest days and official holidays in the cases and under the conditions set out in Articles 33, 35, 36 of Law 38 of 1964, in return for his obligation to pay special remuneration.
Arabic original
لصاحب العمل تشغيل العامل ساعات إضافية وفي أيام الراحة الأسبوعية والإجازات الرسمية في الحالات وبالشروط الواردة في المواد ٣٣، ٣٥، ٣٦ ق ٣٨ لسنة ١٩٦٤ في مقابل التزامه بدفع أجر خاص.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١١٤، ١١٦/٩٦ عمالي جلسة ٢/٦/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٥٣٨)

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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