Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4343

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

English translation of the principle

The employer may dismiss the worker without notice and without gratuity. The specified circumstances in which this is permissible. These include the worker’s absence without lawful cause for more than 7 consecutive days. - A worker is not deprived of the end-of-service gratuity unless he has been dismissed for one of the reasons specified by law.
Arabic original
لصاحب العمل أن يفصل العامل بدون إعلان وبدون مكافأة. الأحوال المحددة التي يجوز فيها ذلك. من بينها غياب العامل بدون سبب مشروع أكثر من سبعة أيام متتالية. - العامل لا يحرم من مكافأة نهاية الخدمة إلا إذا كان قد فصل لأحد الأسباب المحددة قانوناً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٣/٢٠٠١ عمالي جلسة ٨/١٠/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٥٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 842. PDF pages: 842.

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