Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4348

The worker's breach or failure to fulfil obligations imposed by the employment contract or the provisions of law. An independent ground permitting dismissal of the worker without notice or gratuity. - The appellant company's contention that it dismissed the respondent from work for selling goods owned by it and appropriating their price, constituting a breach of his essential obligations permitting it to dismiss him while depriving him of the end-of-service gratuity and payment in lieu of the notice period. The challenged judgment's rejection of this defence on the basis that a judicial judgment convicting the respondent must be issued. An error in understanding the facts which led it into an error in applying the law. - 842 - Labour