Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4454

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

English translation of the principle

The company's contention that the employment contract concluded between it and the worker was of indefinite duration. Establishment that the contract's duration was fixed at two years and that it contained no special terms concerning how it was to be terminated or that its existence and cessation were linked to the contract concluded between the appellant and the Ministry of Defence. The challenged judgment's conclusion that it was a fixed-term contract, its award of compensation for the company's rescission thereof before expiry of its term, and its disregard of the request for referral to investigation to prove its defence. Do not vitiate it.
Arabic original
تمسك الشركة بأن عقد العمل المبرم بينها وبين العامل غير محدد المدة. ثبوت أن العقد تحددت مدته بسنتين ولم يتضمن شروطاً خاصة بكيفية إنهائه أو أنه مرتبط بالعقد المبرم بين الطاعنة ووزارة الدفاع وجوداً وعدماً. انتهاء الحكم المطعون فيه إلى أنه عقد محدد المدة وقضاؤه بالتعويض عن فسخ الشركة له قبل انقضاء مدته والتفاته عن طلب الإحالة إلى التحقيق لإثبات دفاعها. لا يعيبه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٢/٢٠٠٢ عمالي جلسة ٢٠/١/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ١٢١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 862. PDF pages: 862.

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