If an employer sues an employee over unpaid wages, the legal clock starts ticking the moment the wage was owed, not when the job ended.
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If an employer sues an employee over unpaid wages, the legal clock starts ticking the moment the wage was owed, not when the job ended.
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
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
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
Kenya's Employment Court ruled that embassy staff hired locally can sue their embassy employer despite diplomatic immunity claims.
A Kenyan employment court dismissed a review application because the applicant claimed new evidence existed but never actually showed it to
A Kenyan employment judge stepped aside from a case because her own lawyer represented the other side's counsel, prioritising the appearance
A Kenyan court allowed an employee's pension claim against Postal Corporation of Kenya to proceed, rejecting arguments that insolvency proce
A Kenyan employment judge stepped aside from a case because her own lawyer was representing one of the parties.
A Kenyan court ruled that secretly recorded work conversations can be used as evidence if the recorder took part in the conversation.
Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a missing written authority for an affidavit is a fixable mistake, not grounds to strike it out.
A Kenyan court dismissed a decades-old employment claim because filing a constitutional petition cannot escape the Employment Act's strict t
Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a union election dispute raised as a constitutional petition cannot be thrown out just for missing stric
Kenya's Employment Court refused to review its earlier ruling because the applicant had already appealed, so the recruitment process continu
Kenya's Employment Court dismissed meat inspectors' bid to register a new union because their application lacked signatures and a constituti
A Kenyan court upheld an employee's dismissal because refusing both a breathalyser and a blood test counted as insubordination.
The Employment Court dismissed Homa Bay County's attempt to strike out a gratuity claim, confirming that objections requiring factual invest
Kenya's Employment Court struck out a public interest challenge to a state corporation CEO appointment, ruling such petitions belong in the
Kenya's Employment Court ruled a magistrate went too far by striking out a worker's injury claim during a file-reconstruction hearing, and o
Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a pilot's career benefits cannot depend on union membership, awarding him damages, promotion remedies an
A Nakuru court halved a fatal accident award because the family couldn't prove the pedestrian was on a zebra crossing, recovering Kshs.753,9
Kenya's Employment Court ruled that Nyanza Club can be sued, dismissing its attempt to strike out a union's case over an unsigned collective