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Article 52: Full Entitlement to Indemnity
In forceIn simple words
You get your full indemnity if: your employer ends the contract; your fixed-term contract ends and isn’t renewed; you leave for one of the reasons in Article 48; the contract ends by death, disability or business closure; or, for a woman, she resigns within one year of her marriage.
Example
Full indemnity after marriage
SituationLina gets married and resigns 8 months later.
What the law saysA female worker who resigns within one year of her marriage gets the full indemnity, even though she resigned. Full indemnity also applies when the employer ends the contract or a fixed-term contract expires without renewal.
Names are made up for illustration.
Official text of Article 52
a) If the contract is terminated by the employer.
b) Upon the expiry of the term of the limited contract period without being renewed.
c) If the contract is terminated according to the provisions of Articles (48, 49, 50) of this law.
d) If the female labourer terminates the contract from her part due to her marriage within one year from the date of such marriage.
Reference & sources
Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 52 (Full Entitlement to Indemnity), Official Gazette Kuwait Al-Youm, Issue No. 963 (2010). Checked October 2026.
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- 54 · Service Termination Certificate
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.