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Labour Law › Termination of Contract

Article 43: Suspension Due to Imprisonment

In force

In simple words

If you are held in custody because your employer accused you, you are considered suspended, and you cannot be dismissed unless a final court judgment finds you guilty. If you are found innocent, you must be paid for the suspension period plus fair compensation.

Example

Jailed after the employer’s complaint

Situation

Ravi’s employer accuses him of theft and he is held for 2 months. The court finds him innocent.

What the law says

He was suspended, not dismissed, and couldn’t be fired without a final conviction. The employer must pay his 2 months’ salary plus fair compensation set by the court. He may also leave with full indemnity (Article 48).

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 43
If a labourer is imprisoned due to a charge by the employer, under preventive imprisonment or in execution to a non-final court judgment, he shall be considered as suspended from work but the employer shall not terminate his employment contract unless he is convicted by virtue of a final court judgment. If a judgment is issued on his innocence from the charge(s) attributed to him by the employer, the employer shall be obliged to pay him his wage for the period of suspension along with indemnifying him in a fair compensation to be decided by the court.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 43 (Suspension Due to Imprisonment), 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.