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Termination Notice

Written termination notice under Article 44 of Labor Law No. 6/2010 — 3 months' notice for monthly-paid employees, 1 month for others; compensation may substitute for unserved notice, and during the notice period the employee is entitled to 1 day or 8 hours a week off to search for work.

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🇰🇼 Kuwait
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HR & staff
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TERMINATION NOTICE (إشعار إنهاء الخدمة)

Employee: Position: Pay basis:

This notice is issued under Article 44 of the Private Sector Labor Law No. 6 of 2010.

1. BASIS 1.1. Basis of termination: . 1.2. Reason: .

2. NOTICE PERIOD 2.1. Under Article 44, written notice of is required: 3 months for monthly-paid employees, 1 month for others; compensation may be paid in lieu of the employee working out the notice. 2.2. Notification date: . 2.3. Last working day: . 2.4. Compensation in lieu of unserved notice: . 2.5. During the notice period, the Employee is entitled to be absent to search for new work (statutory: 1 day, or 8 hours spread across the week).

3. SUMMARY DISMISSAL (IF APPLICABLE) 3.1. Where the basis is Article 41 (summary dismissal, without notice or indemnity), the closed list of grounds and the supporting investigation record must be documented separately; the Employee may instead resign without notice under Article 48 for the Employer's own breaches, retaining full indemnity.

4. SETTLEMENT AND ABUSIVE DISMISSAL 4.1. Reference to the final settlement / indemnity calculation: . 4.2. Dismissal in retaliation for union activity, a PAM complaint, or on discriminatory grounds is treated as abusive under Article 46, with compensation awarded through the courts; the Employee's escalation path is a complaint to PAM followed by the courts.

Issued by the Employer ______________ Date: Employee acknowledged receipt ______________ / /

This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. It is written under the Kuwait Private Sector Labor Law No. 6 of 2010 and related regulations and authorities (Public Authority for Manpower — PAM, under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor — MOSAL; Ministry of Commerce and Industry — MOCI; Kuwait Municipality/Baladia; Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority — CITRA; Ministry of Interior — MOI; Public Authority for Food and Nutrition — PAFN; Ministry of Health — MOH) as in effect in July 2026 — these regulations and digital platforms change frequently (work-permit transfer rules in particular have changed several times in 2026); verify against the current text before use. Have this template reviewed by a Kuwait-qualified lawyer and, for HR documents, checked against your own PAM-approved internal work regulations (اللائحة الداخلية) and posted penalties table (جدول الجزاءات) before use.

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