Employment Act CAP 226▤
Unfair termination
(1) No employer shall terminate the employment of an employee unfairly. (2) A termination of employment by an employer is unfair i…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Summary dismissal
(1) Summary dismissal shall take place when an employer terminates the employment of an employee without notice or with less notic…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Proof of reason for termination
(1) In any claim arising out of termination of a contract, the employer shall be required to prove the reason or reasons for the t…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Termination of probationary contracts
(1) The provisions of section 41 shall not apply where a termination of employment terminates a probationary contract. (2) A proba…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Notification and hearing before termination on grounds of misconduct
(1) Subject to section 42(1), an employer shall, before terminating the employment of an employee, on the grounds of misconduct, p…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Termination on account of redundancy
(1) An employer shall not terminate a contract of service on account of redundancy unless the employer complies with the following…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Contract expiring on a journey may be extended
If the period expressed in a contract of service expires, or if an employee seeks to terminate a contract where no agreement is ex…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Waiver of notice by employer
Where an employee gives notice of termination of employment and the employer waives the whole or any part of the notice, the emplo…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Conversion of causal employment to term contract
(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act, where a casual employee— (a) works for a period or a number of continuous working…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Payment in lieu of notice
Either of the parties to a contract of service to which section 35(5) applies, may terminate the contract without notice upon paym…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Termination notice
(1) A contract of service not being a contract to perform specific work, without reference to time or to undertake a journey shall…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Medical attention
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an employer shall ensure the sufficient provision of proper medicine for his employees during illne…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Food
(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 s…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Water
An employer shall provide a sufficient supply of wholesome water for the use of his employees at the place of employment and, as t…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Housing
(1) An employer shall at all times, at his own expense, provide reasonable housing accommodation for each of his employees either…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Sick leave
(1) After two consecutive months of service with his employer, an employee shall be entitled to sick leave of not less than seven…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Maternity leave
(1) A female employee shall be entitled to three months maternity leave with full pay. (2) On expiry of a female employee’s matern…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Annual leave
(1) An employee shall be entitled— (a) after every twelve consecutive months of service with his employer to not less than twenty-…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Hours of work
(1) An employer shall regulate the working hours of each employee in accordance with the provisions of this Act and any other writ…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Basic minimum conditions of employment
(1) The provisions of this Part and Part VI shall constitute basic minimum terms and conditions of contract of service. (2) Where…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Repayment of remuneration wrongfully withheld or deducted
(1) Without prejudice to any other liability for a breach of the provisions of this Part, an employer who contravenes the provisio…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Death of an employee
(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 e…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Security bond for wages
(1) An employer who is not incorporated or resident in Kenya may be required by the Minister to pay a bond assessed at the equival…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Power to amend provisions on pay and statements of deductions
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 inc…
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