Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4997

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

English translation of the principle

Restriction of the hearing of a labour action to a period of one year from the termination of the employment contract. An extinctive prescription period, not a forfeiture period. This is not altered by the legislature’s use of the expression non-hearing of the action or its specification of the one-year period from the termination of the contract in absolute terms. The reason therefor.
Arabic original
قيد سماع الدعوى العمالية بمدة سنة من تاريخ انتهاء عقد العمل. مدة تقادم مسقط وليست من مدد السقوط. لا يغير منه استعمال المشرع تعبير عدم سماع الدعوى أو تحديده مدة السنة من تاريخ انتهاء العقد بصفة مطلقة. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤/١٩٧٣ تجاري جلسة ١١/١١/١٩٧٣ - مج ٧ س ص ٢٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 968. PDF pages: 968.

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