Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4585

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

English translation of the principle

The employer may employ the worker for additional hours and on weekly rest days and official holidays in the cases and subject to the conditions set out in the Private Sector Labour Law, in return for his obligation to pay special wages. The worker’s performing work on his own initiative. He is not entitled to claim additional wages for it. Example.
Arabic original
لصاحب العمل تشغيل العامل ساعات إضافية وفي أيام الراحة الأسبوعية والإجازات الرسمية في الحالات وبالشروط الواردة بقانون العمل بالقطاع الأهلي مقابل التزامه بدفع أجر خاص. قيام العامل بالعمل من تلقاء نفسه. لا يحق له طلب أجر إضافي عنه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥١/٩٨ عمالي جلسة ٢٦/١٠/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٥٨٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 885. PDF pages: 885.

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