Employment Act CAP 226▤
Transitional provisions
A valid contract of service, and foreign contract of service to which Part XI applies, entered into in accordance with the Employm…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Repeal of Cap. 226 and savings
(1) The Employment Act is repealed. (2) Except where otherwise provided, the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and n…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Rules
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, make rules providing for all or any of the purposes, for the administrati…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Limitations
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(1) of the Limitation of Actions Act (Cap. 22), no civil action or proceedings based or…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Savings of contracts of service made abroad
(1) Nothing in this Act shall prevent an employer or employee from enforcing their respective rights and remedies for any breach o…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
General penalty and offences under other laws
(1) A person, other than a child, who commits an offence under this Act, or contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisi…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Complaint and jurisdiction in cases of dispute between employers and employees
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act whenever— (a) an employer or employee neglects or refuses to fulfill a contract of servi…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Offence to induce person to proceed abroad under informal contract
A person who— (a) employs, engages, or knowingly aids in the employment or engagement of, a person with the intention that when so…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Offence to induce person to proceed abroad under informal contract
A person who— (a) employs, engages, or knowingly aids in the employment or engagement of, a person with the intention that when so…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Security in foreign contract of service
(1) When the employer who enters into a foreign contract of service does not reside or carry on business within Kenya, the employe…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Requirement before attestation
A foreign contract of service shall not be attested unless the labour officer is satisfied— (a) that the consent of the employee t…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Form and attestation
A foreign contract of service shall be in the prescribed form, signed by the parties thereto, and shall be attested by a labour of…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Offence under this Part
An employer who contravenes any of the provisions of this Part commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Exemptions
The Minister may exempt any category of employers, any sector of industry or any industry from this Part, or any section of this P…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Register of employees
An employer shall keep a register in which the employer shall enter the full name, age, sex, occupation, date of employment, natio…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Notification of termination of employment
An employer shall notify the termination of every employment and of each layoff of a person in writing to the nearest employment s…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Notification of filling or abolition of post
When a post, which has been notified to the Director as vacant, has been filled or has been abolished before being filled, the emp…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Notification of vacancies
(1) This Part shall apply to an employer who employs twenty-five employees or more. (2) An employer shall notify the Director of e…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
False entries, etc.
A person who makes, causes to be made or knowingly allows to be made an entry in a register, record, book or other document whatso…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Records to be kept by employer
(1) An employer shall keep a written record of all employees employed by him, with whom he has entered into a contract under this…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Power to obtain information
(1) Where an application is made to the Minister under section 66 in respect of debt owed by an employer, the Minister may require…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Transfer of rights and remedies
(1) Where, in pursuance of section 66, the Minister makes a payment to an employee in respect of a debt to which this Part applies…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Complaint to Industrial Court
(1) A person who has applied for a payment under section 66 may present a complaint to the Industrial Court— (a) that the Minister…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Role of relevant officer
(1) Where a relevant officer has been, or is required to be, appointed in connection with an employer’s insolvency, the Minister s…
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