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A Kenyan employer who fires a worker orally, without written process, risks losing in court and paying notice pay, compensation, costs and i

A Kenyan court dismissed a former security guard's entire employment claim because he couldn't prove his allegations with evidence, even tho

The High Court in Nakuru quashed employment letters that ignored an earlier judgment and ordered fresh ones, but refused to force payment of

A Kenyan court ruled that sending county employees on indefinite compulsory leave by press release, with no legal basis, was unlawful.

Kenya's Employment Court ruled the intelligence service unfairly retired an employee on medical grounds without hearing him, and ordered his

A Kenyan security company failed to prove an employee was drunk on duty, so his dismissal was ruled unfair and he won compensation.

Ken Knit had to pay a fired worker over Kshs 458,000 because it skipped the hearing and could not prove why his dismissal was fair.

Kenya's Employment Court awarded an unfairly fired worker over Kshs 158,000 after the employer skipped the hearing and failed to justify the

Kenya's Employment Court upheld Unga Ltd's summary dismissal of an employee for workplace fighting, but ordered payment of his accrued wages

A Kenyan court refused to undo a default judgment against an employer, ruling that serving its regional HR officer counted as proper service

A Kenyan court ordered an employer facing a redundancy suit to deposit Kshs 400,000 as security because the company had wound up and its dir

The Employment Court in Eldoret let an employee's late unfair dismissal claim proceed because the employer couldn't prove when the job actua

Kenya's Employment Court ruled an employer could not force an Eldoret case to Nairobi because employees must be able to seek justice where t

A Kenyan teacher's bid to challenge his dismissal by judicial review failed because unfair termination claims belong in the Employment and L

A Kenyan court let a dismissed banker keep his 3% staff loan rate and cleared his CRB listing while his unfair dismissal case is decided.

A Kenyan employment court refused to reopen a 2014 judgment because the union showed no new evidence, error, or legal basis for review.

A Kenyan court found an employer's mass redundancy unfair for ignoring the union, but refused full compensation because the union couldn't p

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a deceased worker's family can take over and continue his lawsuit, even after the usual one-year window

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that salary upgrades on paper cannot turn a temporary teacher's contract into permanent employment, dismissin

Kenya's Employment Court awarded a former employee house allowance of 15% of his basic wage but dismissed overtime and leave claims for lack

A Kenyan court awarded a security guard nearly Kshs 280,000 after G4S failed to defend claims of unfair dismissal.