Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4242

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

English translation of the principle

The criterion for entitlement to overtime pay. That the overtime work was instructed in writing by the employer. The absence of such instruction and the worker’s performing the work on his own initiative. He is not entitled in that case to claim overtime pay. The challenged judgment’s departure from this view. An error in the application of the law requiring its partial quashing.
Arabic original
مناط استحقاق الأجر عن ساعات العمل الإضافية. أن يكون العمل الإضافي قد صدر به تكليف كتابي من صاحب العمل. عدم صدور هذا التكليف وقيام العامل بالعمل من تلقاء نفسه. لا يحق معه المطالبة بمقابل ساعات عمل إضافية. مخالفه الحكم المطعون فيه هذا النظر. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يُوجب تمييزه جزئياً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٨٣، ٨٢٩/٢٠٠٦ عمالي جلسة ١٩/١١/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س٣٥ ج٣ ص ٤٤٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 828. PDF pages: 828.

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