BCC 332/2005
Type
Case
Court
Bahrain Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Taxonomy
Rights & Duties of Employees & Employers, Termination of Employment, Compensation, Civil Evidence
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
13 Mar 2006
Catchwords
Employee’s Rights – Settlement – Unfair Dismissal – Termination of Employment – Compensation – Evidence – Expert
This case involved a claim by an employee for compensation for unfair dismissal and a counter claim by the employer for damages caused by the employee. Although there was a settlement agreement between the parties an expert report had concluded the employee had not received all their entitlements which were still due.
Background
An employee filed a case against a company before the court requesting the company to pay him compensation for unfair dismissal.
The company filed a case against the employee before the court requesting the employee pay 180482.9 Dinars as compensation for damage caused by the employee's mistake.
The court dismissed the case made by the company and ruled the company should pay the employee 38126 Dinars.
The company and the employee appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court amended the appealed ruling and ruled the company should pay the employee 7691.750 Dinars.
Decision