Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4780

The word “papers” appearing generally without qualification in Article 60 of Law 38/1964 concerning Labour in the Private Sector. Consequence thereof. It includes any instruments, documents or other items, including the passport if the worker voluntarily delivers it to the employer for any reason. The employer’s retention of the worker’s passport. This constitutes his breach of an obligation arising from the employment relationship and imposed by the laws, and a claim for its return is among the labour disputes over which the labour circuit has subject-matter jurisdiction, as it does over a claim for compensation for damage resulting from that retention. Example.