BCC 89/2006/1
Type
Case
Court
Bahrain Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Taxonomy
Litigation Procedure & Practice, Limitation of Actions, Termination of Employment, Rights & Duties of Employees & Employers
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
6 Nov 2006
Catchwords
Litigation Procedure – Case Dismissal – Statute of Limitations – Termination of Employment – Employee’s Rights
This case involved a claim by some employees for their dues after they had stopped working for a company. They had not attended the initial hearing and the case had been dismissed so they had filed another case. In terms of the statute of limitations it was irrelevant that there had been an earlier case.
Background
Some employees made a complaint against a company before the Ministry of Labour claiming that they were working for the company and that the employment relationship had finished without them being paid their entitlements. The Ministry referred the case to the court.
The employees failed to attend the hearing and the court cancelled the case. The employees renewed the case.
The company argued that the employees had no right to file the case due to the statute of limitations.
The court ruled that the employees had no right to file the case due to the statute of limitations.
The employees appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the appeal and upheld the appealed ruling.
Decision