Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4726

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

English translation of the principle

Requiring the employer to pay the worker his full wage throughout the treatment period specified by the physician if it does not exceed six months, and half his wage if it exceeds that period. Its condition: that he was injured in the course of and because of work. The challenged judgment’s departure from this view. This vitiates it and necessitates its partial cassation.
Arabic original
إلزام صاحب العمل بأداء كامل الأجر للعامل طوال فترة العلاج التي يحددها الطبيب إذا لم تجأوز ستة أشهر ونصف أجره إذا جأوزت هذه المدة. شرطه: أن يكون قد أصيب أثناء العمل وبسببه. مخالفة الحكم المطعون فيه هذا النظر. يعيبه ويوجب تمييزه جزئياً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٨١، ٢٨٥/٢٠٠٥ عمالي جلسة ٢/٤/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ٢ ص ٢٧٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 910. PDF pages: 910.

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