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Labour Law › Leaves

Article 72: Determination of Annual Leave Date

In force

In simple words

Your employer decides when you take annual leave. It can split your leave only with your agreement, and only after you have taken the first 14 days. You can carry over up to 2 years of leave; carrying over more needs both sides to agree.

Example

Carrying leave forward

Situation

Rahim hasn’t taken leave for 3 years and wants 90 days at once.

What the law says

Leave can be accumulated for up to 2 years. Accumulating more than 2 years needs both sides to agree. The employer decides the leave dates, and can split leave only with the worker’s consent after the first 14 days.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 72
The employer shall have the right to determine the annual leave date and may grant it partially upon securing the consent of the labourer after the expiry of the first fourteen days thereof. The labourer shall have the right to accumulate his leaves on condition that they shall not exceed the leaves of two years. Also, the labourer may obtain the leave in one time upon the approval of the employer. Moreover, annual leaves may be accumulated by the mutual agreement of both parties for more than two years.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 72 (Determination of Annual Leave Date), 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.