BCC 510/2015
Type
Case
Court
Bahrain Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Taxonomy
Pay, Benefits & Tax, Rights & Duties of Employees & Employers, Termination of Employment, Litigation Procedure & Practice, Civil Evidence, Payment & Payment Systems
Decision date
22 May 2015
Catchwords
End of Service Gratuity - Employee's Rights - Cheque - Expert - Statute of Limitations
This case involved payment of an end of service gratuity for a former employee. A key issue was whether the statute of limitations applied and that the court had ignored that part of that had been paid by cheque so the date of the last cheque should be used to calculate the statute of limitations.
Background
An employee filed a case with the civil court against a company, requesting an end-of-service gratuity for his work of 27 years
He had been working during this period with an employment contract as a sales manager at a monthly wage of 500 Dinars.
The court ruled that the right to bring a case had ceased under the statute of limitations.