Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4684

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

English translation of the principle

Matters for which no provision appears in the Labor Law in the Oil Operations Sector are governed by the provisions of the Labor Law in the Private Sector. The absence from the former law of provisions regulating compensation for work injuries. The consequence thereof. - The employer's obligation to compensate the worker for his injury. Its condition. Illness in the sphere of occupational risks. What is meant thereby. An example of what is not considered a work injury or an occupational disease.
Arabic original
ما لم يرد بشأنه نص في قانون العمل في قطاع الأعمال النفطية تطبق عليه أحكام قانون العمل في القطاع الأهلي. خلو القانون الأول من نصوص تنظيم التعويض عن إصابات العمل. مؤدى ذلك. - التزام صاحب العمل بتعويض العامل عن إصابته. شرطه. المرض في مجال مخاطر العمل. ما يقصد به. مثال لما لا يعد إصابة عمل أو مرضاً مهنياً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٥/٩٨ عمالي جلسة ٢٩/٦/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٥٨٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 903. PDF pages: 903.

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