KCC 6/1995
Type
Case
Court
Kuwait Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Kuwait
Taxonomy
Pay, Benefits & Tax
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
26 Jun 1995
Catchwords
Payment of Salaries – Severance Pay – Comprehensive Wage – Transportation Allowance
A case involved a dispute between an employee and a company over the payment of his dues.
Background
An employee filed a case against a company requesting that the court order the company to pay his dues.
The court ruled that the company pay the employee 19167.030 Dinars.
The employee and company appealed and the appeal court ruled that the company pay the employee 16931.466 Dinars.
The company appealed by cassation.
Decision
Before the cassation court, the company argued that the ruling had erred in the application of law as the court had calculated severance pay based on the comprehensive wage inclusive of transportation allowance, but this allowance should not have been included.
The court held that this argument was valid and repealed the ruling.