Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4332

The employment contract ends upon the cessation of the establishment or transfer of its ownership by inheritance or other legal dispositions. Consequence thereof: the worker’s right to claim his employment entitlements, including the end-of-service gratuity, arises. Article 59 of Law 38 of 1964. This right is an option for the worker to exercise or not exercise as he considers in his interest, without restriction upon him in this respect. The predecessor’s obligation to pay that gratuity alongside the successor’s obligation to pay it.