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Kenya's Industrial Court ruled employers cannot change agreed pay terms without consulting employees in writing, and must hear staff before

Kenya's employment court refused to force a Nairobi employer to deposit Kshs 4.15 million as security, ruling that fear alone cannot replace

Kenyan employment claims must be filed within three years of termination — wait longer and your case is extinguished entirely, no matter how

A Kenyan court confirmed that even domestic workers hired without a written contract are protected by the Employment Act, and dismissing som

A Kenyan court ruled a co-operative's dismissal of its watchman unfair because he was never given a hearing before being fired.

Kenya's Industrial Court struck out a constitutional petition because the same pension claims had already been finally decided in a 1997 Hig

A Kenyan employment court refused to delay reinstating a dismissed manager, holding employers cannot prove a job was abolished without notif

A Kenyan security firm fired an employee on probation grounds after his probation had expired, without a hearing, and paid him 12 months' sa

Kenya's Industrial Court confirmed employees can sue directly under Section 87 of the Employment Act without first going to a labour officer

A Kenyan court confirmed that employers must hear employees before firing them, even for gross misconduct, but must also pay accrued leave a

Kenya's Industrial Court awarded a former director over Kshs 9 million because his employer fired him without first giving him a chance to b

Kenya's Industrial Court ruled that employers cannot rely on hidden probation policies to sack workers without a hearing or proof of valid r

An unregistered trade union cannot sue or appeal in Kenya; only its promoters have legal standing to challenge refusal of registration.

A Kenyan court found a clerk's dismissal unfair because the employer never gave him the hearing required by law, and awarded him over Kshs 1

Kenya's Industrial Court refused to step aside from a teachers' union case, ruling that unproven bias claims don't force a judge off a matte

A Kenyan court found a farm manager's dismissal unfair and awarded him nearly Kshs 1 million because the employer never gave him a hearing o

A Kenyan court ruled that firing a guard without a hearing was unfair, awarding him a full year's salary.

A Kenyan court stopped a company's redundancy because it ignored its union agreement's rules on notice, negotiation, selection and severance

Kenya's Industrial Court dismissed a union's entire claim because it rushed to court before finishing mandatory conciliation and bundled sep

Kenya's Industrial Court ordered a pension scheme to reinstate an employee with a disability it had unfairly and discriminatorily terminated

Kenya's Industrial Court upheld a negotiated settlement in a union leadership dispute, ruling that consent agreements bind everyone who sign

Kenya's Industrial Court ruled that employment compensation awards must have PAYE and statutory deductions applied, regardless of what a jud

A Kenyan court ruled that employees who keep working after their fixed-term contracts expire become monthly employees who can only be dismis

Kenya's Industrial Court confirmed it alone decides employment and trade union disputes, dismissing an attempt to move a union election case

A Kenyan employment court ruled that firing a worker after a rushed 15-minute meeting, without proof of who did wrong, was unfair.