Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4502

The worker’s rights arise pursuant to mandatory rules connected with public policy, including the prohibition on the employer collecting interest on loans he grants to him. Termination of the employment relationship and actual establishment of the worker’s rights, including his right to claim repayment of that interest. Permissibility of waiving and settling them as long as his will is not - 869 - Labour tainted by any defect of consent. Example concerning the worker’s release of all his employment entitlements arising from his period of work at the respondent bank and the impermissibility of his recourse against the bank to claim any amounts arising by reason of the employment relationship.