KCC 424, 503/2017

This case involved the failure to pay an employee appropriate severance pay. Issues included whether the employee had already been paid and if the amounts due had been properly calculated.

Background

An employee had filed a case against a company before the court. He requested the court to order the company to pay him severance pay. He said that his employment contract had ended but the company failed to pay his severance payment.

The court dismissed the case.

The employee appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the appealed ruling and ruled that the company should pay the employee 15843 Dinars.

The employee and the company appealed the ruling before the court of cassation

Decision

Appeal No. 503/2017

The company said in its grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law. The company said that the court had ordered them to pay the severance pay although they had already paid it.