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The Employment and Labour Relations Court upheld Kisii's power to create its hospital corporation and dismissed the clinical officers' union

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a review bid, confirming its new 2024 Procedure Rules now govern review applications and rejecting an inc

A Kenyan school employee fired for reporting corruption won his appeal and was awarded 12 months' salary as compensation for unfair dismissa

The Employment Court in Kisumu refused to extend time for an appeal filed over a year late because the delay was never convincingly explaine

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a bid to quash disciplinary proceedings as pointless once the employee's contract expired, though she can

A Kenyan court refused to treat a rejected settlement offer as a done deal—employers must actually pay or get genuine agreement before endin

Kenya's High Court stayed execution of a judgment only on condition the appellant deposits the decretal amount in court within 30 days.

Kenya's Employment Court cannot directly award compensation for workplace injuries; injured workers must first go through the Director of Oc

Kenya's Employment and Labour Relations Court ruled that employers are not legally required to give unions workplace access until a recognit

A Nandi county employee won temporary protection: the Employment Court stopped orders demoting him until it decides who actually employs him

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed that employers cannot escape employment obligations by claiming a worker actually served their tenant.

A Kenyan court ruled that an employee who voluntarily accepts early retirement cannot later claim unfair dismissal, though he still recovere

Kenya's Employment Court ruled a public servant's 1999 dismissal for reporting sexual harassment was unlawful, awarding her Kshs. 7.46 milli

An operator summarily dismissed after a cable theft incident won only his pension and certificate of service, as the court upheld his dismis

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed the County Assembly of Machakos was the sole employer of ward-based Personal Assistants, but most monetar

A Kenyan court ordered an employer to pay Kshs. 2.28 million for using a worker's photos in adverts without her consent and unfairly firing

A part-time lecturer won Kshs. 679,200 in salary arrears but lost a bigger claim because he couldn't disprove the employer's figures or prov

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed a landlord was a worker's true employer and ordered him to pay costs after his appeal failed.

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed NHIF managers' claim that they were discriminated against compared to unionised staff, finding no valid c

Kenya's Employment Court ruled the SRC overstepped its mandate by dictating fixed salary options instead of advising on a county CBA.

A Kenyan court ruled a microfinance bank unfairly sacked its credit analyst, awarding him Kshs 700,000 and dismissing the bank's counterclai