"ملف ١\٨٠ الموظفون المحليون في الوكالة السياسية، الكويت" [و‎‎٢‎٢] (٥٤/٤٣)

Uacler Flying Soal
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No.F/^/ (1/80)
THK POLITICAL AGENCY,
KUWAIT,
September, 1949.
Dear Fstfebllghfiient 4 Org&nlsctlon Department,
^ ^ , As Yo« «r« aware we have two locally engaged Arab
staff here, Mr* Israel Kaddo, the Interpreter and Mr. Abdul
Mohsin, the passport clerk.
. .? hen the Forel S n Office took over this post on the
1st Aorll, 1948 the new terms and conditions of service for
such staff were not known and It was not until October, 1948
that Mr. Kaddo and Mr. Mohsin saw the new Foreign Office con
ditions. They stated on the 3rd October, 1948 that they were
prepared to accept the conditions but wished the 60 days leave
thrt they had accumulated during the two years of Government
£service prior to their absorption by the Foreign
Oifice to be allowed to them or, failing that, for payment
to be made in lieu.
3. We consulted the Hesidency at Bahrain who agreed
that they were both entitled to the 60 days accumulated
leave but the Residency pointed out that a grant of pay in
leiu of leave was not vermissible.
4. No formal contract was entered into and no letters
were exchanged with either Mr. Kaddo or Mr. Mohsin in resoect
of their employment with the Foreign Office? and it is
difficult to know exactly from what date they came under the
conditions. We consider that as they signified
their agreement to the new conditions la October, 1948 they
should be retarded as subject to such conditions as from the
«^L Ir 2 r,th %rvl that for the period from the 1st April,
1948 to 30th September, 194£ they should be regarded as
being subject to the conditions applying to their temporary
service with the Government of India. This is similar to the
position of the Indian staff here who, until the new Foreign
Office contracts were given them on the 1st June, 1948 were
subject to Government of India conditions although paid by
the Foreign Office.
6 * ,^ anxious to regularise their position and we
should be glad if you could accept liability for the 60 days
accumulated leave based on the mean of their salaries for
the two years immediately prior to the 1st October, 1948.
6. It would appear that of this 60 days leave three
quarters (i.e. from 1st October, 1946 to 31st March, 1948)
is chargeable to the Government of India and one quarter
(freai 1st Arril to 30th September, 1948) is chargeable to
t 5°«r F ?r cigr3 will perhaps approach the Government
of India regarding this liability.
Kaddo and Mr. Mohsin are aware that it is consi
dered that they are entitled to this leave and had it been
possible to allow them the leave previously the matter would
have been raised earlier, but our complete inability to find
temporary replacements, a necessity in this post in the case
of long periods of leave, prevented this.
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The Establishment 4 Organisation Department,
Foreign Office,
LONDON.