Labour Laws In Kenya In Wake
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1) The Employment Act, Cap 226; 2) The Regulation of Wages and Conditions of Employment Act, Cap 229; 3) The Trade Unions Act, Cap 233; 4) The Trade Disputes Act, Cap 234; 5) The Factories and Other Places of Work Act, Cap 514; and 6) The Workmen's Compensation Act, Cap 236.
Working Hours in Kenya Kenya's New Labour Law sets the standard weekly working hours at 45, with a maximum of 56 hours.
Shift work is regulated, and regular workdays are Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day, with an additional 5 hours on Saturdays as specified by sector-specific orders under the Regulations of Wages and Conditions of Employment Act.
All Labour Disputes are settled through Conciliation process as follows: - Individual Complains/ non-union complainants The complaint is reported to the area Labour Officer and registered in a prescribed Form-LD 64 after the complainant has been interviewed.
State Department for Labour and Skill Development. Bishops Road, Social Security House. ps@labour.go.ke. info@labour.go.ke. complaints@labour.go.ke.
Contact the Labour Program at 1-800-641-4049.
Summary dismissal can only be lawful and justifiable if the conduct resulting in dismissal falls within the Act's definition of gross misconduct. Therefore, the termination of an employee has to be both substantively and procedurally fair, failure to which such termination will be considered as unlawful and unfair.
"Yes. If at all the conditions in which this person is under unpaid leave are within the legal parameters.
