Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 5040

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

English translation of the principle

The legislature’s aim of enumerating foreign workers and regulating their immigration and employment. Its implication. The right of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour to grant a work permit or authorization, or renew, transfer, or cancel it, without review thereof. Its condition. Serving the public interest. The challenged judgment’s ruling that the worker is entitled to transfer his sponsorship to another employer. An error in the application of the law.
Arabic original
استهداف المشرع حصر العمال الأجانب وتنظيم هجرتهم واستخدامهم. مؤداه. حق وزارة الشئون الاجتماعية والعمل في التصريح أو الإذن بالعمل أو تجديده أو تحويله أو إلغائه دون رقابة عليها في ذلك. شرطه. تحقيق المصلحة العامة. قضاء الحكم المطعون فيه بأحقية العامل في نقل كفالته إلى صاحب عمل آخر. خطأ في تطبيق القانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٩، ٣١/٢٠٠٣ عمالي جلسة ٧/٣/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ١٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 976. PDF pages: 976.

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