Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4239

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

English translation of the principle

Workers in the oil operations sector. The working hours for which a worker is entitled to overtime pay. What is meant by them. Hours exceeding the ordinary hours assigned to him in his original work. Its condition. Proof that he performed the work entrusted to him during those hours. Its implication. He is not entitled to remuneration if he performed no work after completing his shift in his original work. The worker’s placing himself at the company’s disposal during his rest hours does not alter this. The reason for this.
Arabic original
العاملون في قطاع الأعمال النفطية. ساعات العمل التي يستحق العامل عنها أجراً إضافياً. المقصود بها. الساعات الزائدة عن الساعات العادية المكلف بها في عمله الأصلي. شرطه. ثبوت أدائه العمل المنوط به خلالها. مؤداه. عدم استحقاقه أجراً إذا لم يؤد عملاًً بعد الفراغ من منأوبته في عمله الأصلي. لا يغير منه وضع العامل نفسه تحت تصرف الشركة في ساعات راحته. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٤/٢٠٠٣ عمالي جلسة ١٢/٤/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ٩٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 827. PDF pages: 827.

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