Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4948

The sole procedure the worker must undertake in labour actions. Its nature. - Failure of amicable settlement between the worker and employer. The former may summon the employer by a statement of claim to appear before the court for an award of the entitlements sought to be recovered from him. The provisions of the Labour Law in the Private Sector contain nothing preventing the worker from taking judicial claim procedures after he has submitted the application and amicable settlement of the dispute between him and the employer has failed. The judgment’s ruling that the worker’s action is inadmissible because it was brought otherwise than by the route prescribed by law. Requires its cassation.