I have been working in an engineering consulting company for the last seven years. After March 2013, my company wants to terminate our jobs. My job is on a construction site. Last year, in April 2012, the company gave us a three-month notice as per the Kuwait Labor Law. But till date the project has not been completed and they asked me to continue, verbally. Our salaries are being transferred to our account regularly.
They want us to leave after March 2013 without giving us another notice. For them the previous notice given in April 2012 is enough. Are they right or should they give us another notice?

Name withheld
Answer: The company is not right. The three-month notice given last year became invalid as soon as the company asked you to ignore it and continue with your services.
Unless, the company renewed your services specifically for a certain fixed period it has to give you another 3-month notice. Companies can’t just say they gave you such a notice one, two or three years ago and that it stands. It has to be given three months before your services are terminated.
If it wishes to continue with the same contract and on the same terms, it has to give you another notice at a certain period in time or write up another contract (with the consent of both the parties) on the expiry of the first one.