Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4524

Invalidity of an agreement for settlement or waiver between the worker and the employer if it affects a right conferred on the worker by the Labour Law. Article 94 Labour Law. - Either contracting party may unilaterally amend the provisions of the contract within the limits permitted by the parties' agreement or prescribed by law. Article 196 Civil Code. - The employer's reversal of his amendment to the work regulations increasing the workers' end-of-service gratuity above the limit prescribed in Article 54 Labour Law. Permissible. The reason for this: the absence of a mandatory provision concerning it or the parties' agreement on the employer's right to make any amendment to the work regulations in the future.