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Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a trade union's pay petition because it lacked a written recognition agreement and majority membership.

The Employment Court ruled a sales trainee on commission was not an employee, so his unfair termination claim failed completely, with costs.

An Employment Court in Nairobi gave an appellant 45 more days to file his appeal record instead of dismissing it for delays, prioritising fa

Kenya Pipeline must pay a wrongly dismissed security guard over Kshs 1.1 million because it neither proved theft allegations nor followed fa

Kenya's Employment Court set aside a default judgment because the company was never properly served, giving it 35 days to file its defence.

An Eldoret court ordered an employer to recognise a trade union and deduct dues, warning employers they cannot investigate who signed check

A Kenyan court awarded flower farm workers an 8% annual pay rise instead of the 20% claimed, partly because the union delayed filing for six

Kenyan employees who win concessions through an out-of-court settlement can still recover court costs, though the court halved the award bec

A Kenyan employment court gave a negligent litigant one last 30-day chance to revive her dismissed case, on pain of final dismissal and cost

A Kenyan court upheld a bank employee's dismissal because the employer proved both a valid reason and a fair disciplinary process.

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed an attempt to strike out a constitutional petition, confirming preliminary objections can't be used to sm

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a public officer must report to a new work station even while awaiting review of the transfer decision.

A Kenyan employment court halted execution of a Kshs. 693,000 judgment because the losing party was never heard, provided the money is first

A Kenyan court awarded an employee nearly KShs 2 million because his employer skipped the mandatory one-month notice steps for redundancy un

A Kenyan court confirmed that police officers who retire after 20 years of service must still receive their pension, calculated as if they s

A Kenyan court dismissed an unfair termination claim because the worker could not prove an employment relationship existed.

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a bid to reopen a decided employment case, confirming that consent orders bind parties and dissatisfactio

An employer couldn't deduct PAYE from a settlement it had consented to, because the consent never mentioned tax — it had to pay the full agr

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed that filing a claim in the wrong court due to a lawyer's mistake should not cost you your case.

A former teacher won the right to challenge her dismissal in judicial review after the court rejected a technical objection, but got no orde

The Employment and Labour Relations Court upheld the Finance Act 2023 amendment letting the KRA Board appoint deputy commissioners, dismissi

The Employment Court dismissed a nurse's multi-million shilling allowances claim against the Nursing Council of Kenya because it was filed m

An Employment Court judge in Nairobi declined to stay or set aside a fellow judge's judgment, ruling only the Principal Judge can direct suc