Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4553

Remuneration, including allowances, privileges, overtime pay and payment for accrued leave. A periodic recurring right. An action claiming it is not heard, upon denial, after five years. - Treating the employment relationship as a moral impediment preventing the worker from claiming his employment rights. A matter of fact. Condition therefor. - It being established that the respondent company insisted on the appellant's continuing to work during the Iraqi invasion because it needed to operate the factory owing to the vital materials it produced, that it drew up a new contract for him, and that the Council of Ministers issued a decision to pay rewards to Kuwaitis and others who worked in vital entities during the occupation period. The appellant's subsequent failure to claim his rights, on which he relied for his living expenses during that period, until the date his service ended. Negligence on his part. Does not suspend the running of prescription of those rights. - 879 - Labour