Section 10 of Employment Act CAP 226: Employment particulars

(1) If in the case of a statement under section 10 there are no particulars to be entered under subsection (2)(d) or (j) or under any of the other provisions of section 10(2) or (3), that fact shall...

(1) A statement under section 10 shall— (a) specify the disciplinary rules applicable to the employee or refer the employee to the provisions of a document which is reasonably accessible to the...

(1) If, after the material date there is a change in any of the particulars required under sections 10 and 12, the employer shall give to the employee a written statement containing particulars of the...

In sections 11, 12 and 13, references to a document or collective agreement which is reasonably accessible to an employee are references to a document or collective agreement which— (a) the employee...

An employer shall display a statement in the prescribed form of the employee’s rights under this Act in a conspicuous place, which is accessible to all the employees.

(1) Where an employer does not give an employee a statement as required by section 10, 12 or 13 or an itemised pay statement as required by section 20, the employee may file a complaint with the...

(1) Subject to this Act, an employer shall pay the entire amount of the wages earned by or payable to an employee in respect of work done by the employee in pursuance of a contract of service...

(1) Where a contract of service entered into under which a task or piece-work is to be performed by an employee, the employee shall be entitled— (a) when the task has not been completed, at the...

(1) Notwithstanding section 17(1), an employer may deduct from the wages of his employee— (a) any amount due from the employee as a contribution to any provident fund or superannuation scheme or any...

(1) An employer shall give a written statement to an employee at or before the time at which any payment of wages or salary is made to the employee. (2) The statement specified in subsection (1)...

(1) A pay statement issued in accordance with section 20 need not contain separate particulars of statutory deductions if— (a) it contains an aggregate amount of statutory deduction, including that...

The Minister may on the advice of the Board— (a) vary the provisions of sections 20 and 21 as to the particulars which must be included in a pay statement or a statement of statutory deductions by...

(1) An employer who is not incorporated or resident in Kenya may be required by the Minister to pay a bond assessed at the equivalent of one month’s wages for all employees employed or to be employed...

(1) When the death of an employee from any cause whatsoever is brought to the notice or comes to the knowledge of the employee’s employer, the employer shall as soon as practicable thereafter, give...

(1) Without prejudice to any other liability for a breach of the provisions of this Part, an employer who contravenes the provisions of this Part commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable...

(1) The provisions of this Part and Part VI shall constitute basic minimum terms and conditions of contract of service. (2) Where the terms and conditions of a contract of service are regulated by...

(1) An employer shall regulate the working hours of each employee in accordance with the provisions of this Act and any other written law. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employee shall be...

(1) An employee shall be entitled— (a) after every twelve consecutive months of service with his employer to not less than twenty-one working days of leave with full pay; (b) where employment is...

(1) A female employee shall be entitled to three months maternity leave with full pay. (2) On expiry of a female employee’s maternity leave as provided in subsections (1) and (3), the female...

(1) After two consecutive months of service with his employer, an employee shall be entitled to sick leave of not less than seven days with full pay and thereafter to sick leave of seven days with...

(1) An employer shall at all times, at his own expense, provide reasonable housing accommodation for each of his employees either at or near to the place of employment, or shall pay to the employee...

An employer shall provide a sufficient supply of wholesome water for the use of his employees at the place of employment and, as the case may be, within a reasonable distance of any housing...

(1) An employer shall, where the provision of food has been expressly agreed to in or at the time of entering into a contract of service, ensure that an employee is properly fed and supplied with...

(1) Subject to subsection (2), an employer shall ensure the sufficient provision of proper medicine for his employees during illness and if possible, medical attendance during serious illness....

(1) A contract of service not being a contract to perform specific work, without reference to time or to undertake a journey shall, if made to be performed in Kenya, be deemed to be— (a) where the...

Either of the parties to a contract of service to which section 35(5) applies, may terminate the contract without notice upon payment to the other party of the remuneration which would have been...

(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act, where a casual employee— (a) works for a period or a number of continuous working days which amount in the aggregate to the equivalent of not less...

Where an employee gives notice of termination of employment and the employer waives the whole or any part of the notice, the employer shall pay to the employee remuneration equivalent to the period of...

If the period expressed in a contract of service expires, or if an employee seeks to terminate a contract where no agreement is expressed respecting its duration while the employee is engaged on a...

(1) An employer shall not terminate a contract of service on account of redundancy unless the employer complies with the following conditions— (a) where the employee is a member of a trade union,...

(1) Subject to section 42(1), an employer shall, before terminating the employment of an employee, on the grounds of misconduct, poor performance or physical incapacity explain to the employee, in a...

(1) The provisions of section 41 shall not apply where a termination of employment terminates a probationary contract. (2) A probationary period shall not be more than six months but it may be...

(1) In any claim arising out of termination of a contract, the employer shall be required to prove the reason or reasons for the termination, and where the employer fails to do so, the termination...

(1) Summary dismissal shall take place when an employer terminates the employment of an employee without notice or with less notice than that to which the employee is entitled by any statutory...

(1) No employer shall terminate the employment of an employee unfairly. (2) A termination of employment by an employer is unfair if the employer fails to prove— (a) that the reason for the...

The following do not constitute fair reasons for dismissal or for the imposition of a disciplinary penalty— (a) a female employee’s pregnancy, or any reason connected with her pregnancy; (b) the...

(1) Where an employee has been summarily dismissed or his employer has unfairly terminated his employment without justification, the employee may, within three months of the date of dismissal, present...

In any complaint made under section 47, no advocate shall represent a party in the proceedings before a labour officer, but any party may be assisted or represented by an official of a trade union or...

(1) Where in the opinion of a labour officer summary dismissal or termination of a contract of an employee is unjustified, the labour officer may recommend to the employer to pay to the employee any...

In determining a complaint or suit under this Act involving wrongful dismissal or unfair termination of the employment of an employee, the Industrial Court shall be guided by the provisions of section...

(1) An employer shall issue to an employee a certificate of service upon termination of his employment, unless the employment has continued for a period of less than four consecutive weeks. (2) A...

In this Part, except where the context otherwise requires— “employment” means employment of a child in a situation where— (a) the child provides labour as an assistant to another person and his...

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of any written law, no person shall employ a child in any activity which constitutes worst form of child labour. (2) The Minister shall, in consultation with the...

(1) A person may make a complaint to a labour officer or a police officer of the rank of an inspector and above if that person considers any child to be employed in any activity which constitutes...

(1) A labour officer may, by notice in writing served upon an employer, terminate or cancel any contract of service, other than a deed of apprenticeship or indentured learnership lawfully entered...

(1) No person shall employ a child who has not attained the age of thirteen years whether gainfully or otherwise in any undertaking. (2) A child of between thirteen years of age and sixteen years of...

Subject to the provisions of the Industrial Training Act relating to contracts of apprenticeship or indentured learnership, a person who employs a child of between thirteen and sixteen years of age,...

(1) No person shall employ a child of between thirteen and sixteen years of age, other than one serving under a contract of apprenticeship or indentured learnership in accordance with the provisions...

(1) Subject to section 60, no person shall employ a child in an industrial undertaking between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 6.30 a.m. (2) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (1), a person may...

In case of a serious emergency, when the public interest demands it, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, suspend the operation of section 59.