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A Kenyan employer who dismisses staff without a hearing and without proof must pay damages, even where theft is alleged.

A Kenyan court awarded a dismissed bus driver his contractual dues but ruled that firing without a stated reason breaches contract, not nece

A Kenyan court ruled 68 piece-rate salt workers were real employees, awarding them pay for unfair, unprocedural termination.

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a union's duplicate lawsuit, ruling that where a court order already exists, the remedy is contempt proce

The Employment Court refused to jail employers for contempt because the ex-employee couldn't prove deliberate disobedience beyond reasonable

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed that an employment suit first filed in a magistrates' court can be transferred to it, even years after fi

A Kenyan court refused to reopen an employment case because a signed discharge voucher stating 'no other claims' was final and binding.

A casual worker who stays on the job past two months becomes a monthly employee under Kenyan law and can claim full benefits.

A Kenyan court upheld an employee's summary dismissal for faking attendance records, confirming employers win when their own records prove m

An employee who claims unfair dismissal in Kenya must prove when and how it happened — otherwise the claim collapses and desertion is presum

A Kenyan employer lost Ksh. 189,425 for failing to prove it notified the labour officer and union before declaring a worker redundant.

A Kenyan court ruled a security guard's dismissal unfair because the employer couldn't prove both a valid reason and a fair disciplinary hea

A Kenyan court ruled that a 'volunteer' teacher was actually an employee, awarding Ksh.60,000 because keeping written contracts is the emplo

A Kenyan court awarded a sacked teacher salary arrears, notice pay and service pay, but clarified that termination without notice is wrongfu

A Kenyan court stopped the auction of land belonging to a company because it was legally separate from the indebted company.

A Kenyan employer who reinstates an employee after a disciplinary hearing cannot dismiss him days later on new evidence without giving him a

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that an employer who fires without a hearing and deducts terminal dues without a counterclaim must pay up.

A former police officer lost his wrongful dismissal suit because he skipped his disciplinary hearing, never appealed, and raised new claims

A Kenyan court threw out a lender's attempt to stop asset seizure because its charge was never registered within the required 42 days.