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A Kenyan court sent a county HR director's employment dispute to the Public Service Commission but protected her job, salary and position in

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a time-bar defence based on disputed promises to pay must be proven with evidence at trial, not struck o

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed it cannot extend the three-year deadline for filing employment contract claims, even where criminal charg

A Kenyan worker won Ksh. 1.86 million for a workplace injury, but the court refused to make the employer's insurer pay directly.

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed that work injury compensation claims must be made against the employer, not the insurance company.

A Kenyan court allowed a citizen to seek a mandamus order forcing the Ministry of Education to pay a court-awarded debt of over Kshs. 1.4 mi

Kenya's Employment Court struck out a constitutional petition, confirming employment disputes must start as a Memorandum of Claim, not a pet

Kenya's Employment Court excused a worker's mistaken deadline calculation, giving him 14 days to appeal, but made him pay costs for the avoi

A Kenyan court ruled a teacher's dismissal unfair because his school never invited him to a disciplinary hearing or let him question his acc

A Kenyan court ruled that locking an employee out of work and stopping pay counts as unfair termination, awarding the worker over Ksh. 924,0

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that whether someone was truly your employer must be decided at trial, not thrown out early on a technicality

Kenya Power must pay a former employee Ksh. 3.9 million after failing to properly oppose a workplace injury award adopted as a court judgmen

A Kenyan employer's bid to cut a worker's award failed, but the court corrected the decree to include Kshs. 35,000 in service pay, raising t

A Kenyan court ruled an employee who resigned over workplace harassment gets only unpaid leave and a service certificate, not millions in da

Kenya's Employment Court quashed an ODPP transfer issued during an employee's leave without notice, ruling employers must follow their own t

A Kenyatta University employee won temporary protection from eviction pending appeal, but only if he keeps paying rent and clears all arrear

Kenya's Employment Court blocked a university from permanently filling its Vice Chancellor post while a dismissed professor's reinstatement

Kenya's Employment Court refused to reopen a Kshs. 35 million judgment against Golden Lion International, ruling that disagreements with a d

A Kenyan employment court ruled it cannot reopen a finished case, sending all remaining applications—including cost taxation—to the Court of

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a Kshs. 5.3 million claim because the claimant was a consultant, not an employee, so the court had no jur

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that HELB must pay a reinstated employee full salary increments, benefits, interest and properly computed tax

Kenya's Employment Court stopped the JSC from removing Justice Ombwayo because the complaint against him was never a valid removal petition.