Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 5041

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

English translation of the principle

Enumerating foreign workers and regulating their migration and employment. The method: registering them and issuing them work cards by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, which has the right to cancel, renew and transfer them. Its condition. Its decision in this regard must be free from any suspicion of deviation or abuse of authority. - A worker bringing his action directly for entitlement to transfer his residence to another employer without waiting for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour to determine his complaint. Its effect. Inadmissibility of the action. The challenged judgment ruling that he is entitled to transfer his sponsorship from one company to another. A violation of the law requiring its cassation. - Protection of national labour:-
Arabic original
حصر العمال الأجانب وتنظيم هجرتهم واستخدامهم. كيفيته: تسجيلهم وإصدار بطاقات عمل لهم من وزارة الشئون الاجتماعية والعمل والتي لها الحق في إلغائها وتجديدها وتحويلها. شرطه. أن يكون قرارها في هذا الشأن مبرءاً من شبهة الانحراف وإساءة استعمال السلطة. - إقامة العامل دعواه مباشرة بأحقيته في تحويل إقامته إلى صاحب عمل آخر دون الانتظار حتى تفصل وزارة الشئون الاجتماعية والعمل في شكواه. أثره. عدم قبول الدعوى. قضاء الحكم المطعون فيه بأحقيته في نقل كفالته من شركة إلى أخرى. مخالفة للقانون توجب تمييزه. - حماية العمالة الوطنية:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٨٣/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٣/١/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ١ ص ٧٣)

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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