Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4246

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

English translation of the principle

The employer may require the worker to work additional hours in the cases and on the conditions set out in Article 34 of Law 38 of 1964, in return for its obligation to pay a wage for each additional hour equivalent to the ordinary hourly wage to which the worker is entitled, plus at least 25%.
Arabic original
لصاحب العمل تشغيل العامل ساعات إضافية في الحالات والشروط الواردة بالمادة ٣٤ من القانون ٣٨ لسنة ١٩٦٤ في مقابل التزامه بدفع أجر عن كل ساعة إضافية يوازي أجره العادي الذي يستحقه في الساعة مضافاًً إليه ٢٥ ٪ على الأقل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢٤/٢٠٠٦ عمالي جلسة ٨/٦/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س٣٧ ج٢ ص ٤٢٣)

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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