Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4800

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

English translation of the principle

The absence of a term in a fixed-term employment contract addressing its rescission. Its consequence is that the party on whose part rescission occurs is obliged to compensate the other party for the damage sustained as a result of that rescission. An example concerning a worker's lack of entitlement to payment in lieu of the notice period or compensation for the remainder of the contract term because no rescission of the contract occurred on the employer's part. - 925 - Labor
Arabic original
عدم وجود شرط بعقد العمل المحدد المدة يعالج مسألة فسخه. مؤداه التزام الطرف الذي يقع الفسخ من جانبه بتعويض الطرف الآخر عن الأضرار التي تصيبه جراء هذا الفسخ. مثال بشأن عدم استحقاق العامل لمقابل مهلة الإعلان أو التعويض عن باقي مدة العقد لانتفاء وقوع فسخ العقد من قبل صاحب العمل. - ٩٢٥ - عمل
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٢٦/٢٠٠٥ عمالي جلسة ١٦/٤/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ٢ ص ٣٢١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 925. PDF pages: 925.

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