Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4248

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

English translation of the principle

Entitlement to overtime pay. Its criterion: the employer must have instructed the worker to perform it. The absence of such instruction. Its effect. - The challenged judgment basing its decision rejecting the appellant’s claim for overtime pay on his failure to submit evidence that the respondent had instructed him to work additional hours and on his official working hours not exceeding the hours prescribed by law. No defect.
Arabic original
استحقاق الأجر عن ساعات العمل الإضافية. مناطه: أن يصدر تكليف للعامل من صاحب العمل بها. عدم صدور هذا التكليف. أثره. - إقامة الحكم المطعون فيه قضاءه برفض طلب الطاعن مقابل ساعات العمل الإضافية تأسيساً على عدم تقديمه الدليل على تكليف المطعون ضده له بالعمل لساعات إضافية وأن ساعات العمل الرسمية لديه لا تجأوز الساعات المحددة قانوناً. لا عيب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٦٩، ١٧٥/٢٠١١ عمالي جلسة ٣٠/٥/٢٠١٢ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٤٠ ج ٢ ص٢٦٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 829. PDF pages: 829.

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