Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4794

Employment contract. Its termination upon the cessation of the establishment or the transfer of its ownership by inheritance or any legal disposition to someone other than the employer. Its effect. The arising of the worker’s right to claim his financial entitlements. The worker’s continued service with the successor while retaining his gratuity for the preceding period. Article 9 of Law 38 of 1964. Its implication. The establishment of a new employment relationship governed by the conditions agreed upon, even if they are the same conditions as those of the contract with the predecessor. Its condition is that there be no interval between employment with the predecessor and employment with the successor.