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Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that while Kenya Airways could legally cut 447 jobs, its unclear selection process made the retrenchment unfai

A Kenyan court ruled a redundancy unfair because the employer never personally served the worker with written notice, even though the projec

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's suit because it repeated a claim already decided, warning that old judgments cann

A Kenyan court voided redundancy notices because the employer never properly notified the union and labour officer one month in advance.

Kenya's Employment Court ruled Standard Chartered's redundancy was a disguised unfair dismissal and ordered the bank to pay Kshs. 3.5 millio

A Kenyan court ruled that an employer who skips the required notice steps in a redundancy has unfairly terminated the employee and must pay

Kenya's Employment Court awarded a manager KShs 2.7 million because his employer skipped the mandatory notice and consultation steps before

Kenya's Employment Court ruled a bank's redundancy unlawful because it skipped one month's notice and consultation, awarding the employee ov

Kenya's Employment Court refused to let a worker sue BAT 24 years after her 2001 redundancy, confirming that expired contract claims cannot

A Kenyan court awarded six months' salary to an employee declared redundant without proper notice or fair selection criteria.

A Kenyan court ruled a factory worker was employed by the labour outsourcing agency, not the company where he worked, so claims must be rest

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed employers must genuinely prove a redundancy and follow proper notice procedures, or pay employees up to 12

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a genuine business redundancy is lawful if properly communicated, even when an employee challenges it

The Court of Appeal confirmed that only a full bench, not a single judge, can grant permission to appeal, and time extensions must wait unti

A Kenyan employer's redundancy was ruled unfair because it paid notice money instead of giving the required one-month redundancy notice, cos

An employer who offers genuine alternative employment before a redundancy escapes compensation claims, but must still pay earned leave and s

A Kenyan court upheld a redundancy where the employer issued proper notice and consulted staff, confirming employees get only statutory dues

A Kenyan court dismissed a union's challenge to worker outsourcing because the union failed to prove the arrangement breached their collecti

A Kenyan court ruled an employer's redundancy unlawful because it skipped mandatory notice steps, awarding the employee five months' salary

A Kenyan court ruled that even a genuinely necessary redundancy is unlawful if the employer skips the strict procedure in section 40 of the

A Kenyan court awarded an employee three months' salary after ruling her employer's redundancy was unfair because the employer couldn't prov

An employer who skips the mandatory 30-day redundancy notice risks paying a full year's salary in compensation, even if the redundancy itsel

Kenyan employers must give employees a 30-day notice of intended redundancy before termination — a termination letter or after-the-fact labo