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Labour Law › Termination of Contract

Article 42: Deemed Resignation

In force

In simple words

If you are absent without an acceptable reason for 7 days in a row, or 20 days in total in one year, your employer can treat you as having resigned. Your indemnity is then calculated as a resignation (Article 53).

Example

Absent for 7 days

Situation

Joseph stops coming to work for 7 days in a row without any acceptable reason.

What the law says

The employer can treat him as having resigned. His indemnity is then calculated under the resignation rules in Article 53 (reduced, or nothing under 3 years of service).

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 42
If a labourer discontinues work without an acceptable reason for seven consecutive days or twenty interrupted days within one year, the employer may deem him resigned legally. In this case, the provisions of Article (53) of this law shall be applicable on the labourer's eligibility to terminal service indemnity.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 42 (Deemed Resignation), Official Gazette Kuwait Al-Youm, Issue No. 963 (2010). Checked October 2026.

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General information, not legal advice. The Arabic text of the law is the official version (Article 29). For your case, contact the Public Authority for Manpower or a lawyer.