Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4619

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

English translation of the principle

Enumeration of foreign workers and regulation of their migration and employment. The method: their registration and issuance of work cards to them by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, which has the right to cancel, renew, and transfer them. Its condition. Its decision in this regard must be free of any suspicion of improper purpose and abuse of power. - The judgment's ruling that the worker is entitled to transfer his sponsorship from a company to another. A usurpation of the authority of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, vitiating it by an error in the application of the law.
Arabic original
حصر العمال الأجانب وتنظيم هجرتهم واستخدامهم. كيفيته: تسجيلهم وإصدار بطاقات عمل لهم من وزارة الشئون الاجتماعية والعمل والتي لها الحق في إلغائها وتجديدها وتحويلها. شرطه. أن يكون قرارها في هذا الشأن مبرأ من شبهة الانحراف وإساءة استعمال السلطة. - قضاء الحكم بأحقية العامل في نقل كفالته من شركة إلى آخر. سلب لسلطة وزارة الشئون الاجتماعية والعمل ويعيبه بالخطأ في تطبيق القانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٦/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ١٥/١/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٦٣٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 892. PDF pages: 892.

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