Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4448

The legislature’s declaration in Article 53 of the Labour Law that the obligation of either party to an employment contract in the event of termination of an indefinite-term contract does not exceed pay in lieu of notice if, before termination, the notice period stipulated therein was not observed; as for compensation for termination of an employment contract, the legislature restricted it to fixed-term contracts in the manner set out in the same provision.