BCC 147/2020

This case involved the entitlement to holiday pay of a worker who had worked less than one year for their employer.

Background

A claimant appealed a ruling before the court of cassation. They said in their grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law and had insufficient evidence of causation. They said that the court established its ruling on the grounds that they deserved 100 Dinars for holiday pay in the last two years though they deserved 500 Dinars.

Decision

The court said that this argument was valid. The court said that Article 58 of Bahrain Law No. 36/2012 stipulated that the worker who worked for one year deserved paid leave of 30 days. The court said that the same articles also stipulated that if the worker worked for less than one year, they deserved leave according to the period they worked. The court said that the case documents revealed that the employer had dismissed the claimant from their job before taking the holiday and therefore he was obliged to pay their value.

The court repealed the appealed ruling.