Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4527

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

English translation of the principle

A release issued by the worker in comprehensive and exclusive terms indicating his discharge of all his employment entitlements owed by the employer. Evidence against him, and he may not rebut its evidentiary force or free himself from it so long as his will is free and untainted by defects of consent.
Arabic original
المخالصة الصادرة من العامل بصيغة جامعة مانعة تفيد تخالصه عن كافة حقوقه العمالية في ذمة صاحب العمل. حجة عليه ولا يقبل منه نقض تلك الحجية أو التحلل منها ما دامت إرادته حرة غير مشوبة بعيوب الرضاء.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٧/٢٠٠٦ عمالي جلسة ٢٣/٥/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ٢ ص ٣٩٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 874. PDF pages: 874.

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