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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 awarded a driver Kshs 186,453 for unpaid leave and underpayment, but rejected his constructive dismissal claim for lack of ev

A Kenyan employment court ruled that unfair termination disputes belong under the Employment Act, not constitutional petitions, but converte

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a time-bar objection cannot succeed where the claim's timing depends on disputed facts, so the gratuity

A Kenyan court ruled that the three-year clock for suing over dismissal starts only after an internal appeal is decided, so the employee's c

Kenya's High Court cannot hear work injury appeals; only the Employment and Labour Relations Court has that power, so wrongly filed cases ge

Kenya's High Court forced the workplace safety regulator to decide an injured worker's compensation claim within 90 days, ruling it cannot s

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that the Employment Act, 2007 does not apply to terminations that happened before it came into force.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that wrongly fired employees cannot claim salaries and pensions they would have earned up to retirement; a

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that you cannot bypass the Employment Act's three-year time limit by dressing an old work dispute as a con

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a company that never filed its appeal lost the right to keep it alive, clearing the way for the worker's

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a dismissal clock for suing starts only after a contractual internal appeal is decided, not when the term

A Kenyan court awarded a security guard Kshs. 395,247 after unfair dismissal, but refused to compensate his work injuries through the employ

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that workers can sue employers directly for constitutional rights violations at work, even when workplace inj

Supreme Court rules 'permanent and pensionable' jobs can be terminated; no claim for future salaries.

The Employment and Labour Relations Court refused to stop a Kshs.1.97 million workplace injury award, ruling two years of unexplained delay

Kenya's Court of Appeal let Unilever Tea file its appeal late because court registry delays — not the company — caused the holdup.

A Kenyan court upheld an accountant's summary dismissal for misappropriating funds and ordered him to repay over Kshs.1 million.

A Kenyan court ruled 16 employees were unfairly retrenched because the hospital skipped mandatory redundancy notices, selection criteria, an

A Kenyan court upheld an employee's summary dismissal for insubordination but awarded him an admitted KShs 9,600 long service award with int

Kenya's Employment Court reinstated a worker's claim, ruling courts cannot strike out employment disputes over contested facts like when emp

A Kenyan court upheld an employee's summary dismissal for suspected theft because the employer's CCTV and stock reconciliation evidence outw

Kenya's Employment Court ruled a trade union cannot recruit employees of a state regulator, because its mandate only covers insurance compan

A Kenyan court dismissed an employee's unfair termination claim but still awarded him Kshs. 34,000 for untaken leave the employer couldn't p

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed that work injury claims filed between 2009 and 2019 can proceed in Magistrates' Courts under the Chief Ju