Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4504

The worker’s right to annual leave. Its connection with public policy. Its effect. It may not be waived expressly or implicitly, and the employer is obliged to grant it to the worker with payment of wages for it. Contravention of this. The employer is obliged to compensate the worker for it unless it has become time-barred, with its duration counted as part of the worker’s actual period of service.