Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4576

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

English translation of the principle

The worker's breach of his obligations and the existence of justification for his dismissal. A matter of fact whose assessment is within the exclusive competence of the court of merits. The condition for this. - 883 - Labour - The challenged judgment's conclusion that the worker is entitled to the end-of-service gratuity on the basis of denying the occurrence of a serious loss to the employer, resulting from the worker's breach of or failure to fulfil the obligations imposed on him by the employment contract, proportionate to the penalty of dismissal with deprivation of the gratuity. An error in the application of the law requiring its partial cassation. The reason for this: Article 55 of Law 38/1964 did not require the occurrence of a serious loss to the employer as a result of the worker's breach or failure.
Arabic original
إخلال العامل بالتزاماته وقيام المبرر لفصله. واقع تستقل محكمة الموضوع بتقديره. شرط ذلك. - ٨٨٣ - عمل - انتهاء الحكم المطعون فيه إلى استحقاق العامل لمكافأة نهاية الخدمة استناداً إلى نفي وقوع خسارة جسيمة لصاحب العمل نتيجة إخلال العامل أو تقصيره في التزاماته التي يفرضها عليه عقد العمل تتناسب مع جزاء الفصل مع الحرمان من المكافأة. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يُوجب تمييزه جزئياً. علة ذلك: أن المادة ٥٥ ق ٣٨/ ١٩٦٤ لم تشترط وقوع خسارة جسيمة لصاحب العمل نتيجة إخلال العامل أو تقصيره.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٦/٢٠٠١ عمالي جلسة ٢٧/٥/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ٩٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 883. PDF pages: 883–884.

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