Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4801

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

English translation of the principle

An employment contract of indefinite duration. It may be rescinded, in the case of workers employed for a monthly wage, after giving the other party notice fifteen days before rescission of the contract. - The length of the notice period. It may be agreed to increase it without increasing the assessment of the payment in lieu of notice prescribed by law. The reason thereof. The legislature expressly linked the assessment of payment in lieu of notice to the equivalent of the worker’s wage for fifteen days, as the minimum for the worker’s protection.
Arabic original
عقد العمل غير محدد المدة. جواز فسخه في حالة العمال المعينين بأجر شهري بعد إعلان الطرف الآخر قبل فسخ العقد بخمسة عشر يوماً. - مدة مهلة الإعلان. جوازالاتفاق على زيادتها دون زيادة تقدير بدل الإعلان المحدد قانوناً. علة ذلك. أن المشرع ربط صراحة تقدير بدل الإعلان بما يسأوي أجر العامل عن خمسة عشر يوماً باعتبارها الحد الأدنى لحماية العامل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٦/٢٠٠٦ عمالي جلسة ٩/١٢/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ٣ ص ٥٠٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 926. PDF pages: 926.

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