Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4311

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

English translation of the principle

The employer’s right to terminate the contract and dismiss the worker while depriving him of the end-of-service gratuity. Article 55, Law 38/1964. The generality of the provision and its inclusion of fixed-term and indefinite-term contracts. A ground of challenge based on failure to investigate the worker’s defence that his contract was for a fixed term. Ineffectual.
Arabic original
حق صاحب العمل في إنهاء العقد وفصل العامل مع حرمانه من مكافأة نهاية الخدمة. م ٥٥ ق ٣٨/١٩٦٤. عموم النص وشموله للعقد المحدد المدة وغير المحدد. النعى لعدم تحقيق دفاع للعامل بأن عقده محدد المدة. غير منتج.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١/٨٥ عمالي جلسة ١٣/٥/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الثاني ص ٣٩٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 838. PDF pages: 838.

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