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Go ye and hear Work Injury Claims, the Supreme Court of Kenya tells the Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services

by Caxstone Kigata and Wamuyu Mathenge | Dec 10, 2019 | Legal update

Introduction The long wait for the Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services (hereinafter referred to as “the Director”) established under the Work Injuries Benefits Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as “WIBA”) to hear work injury related claims is now...

The Constitutionality of Section 45(3) of the Employment Act.

by Andrew Kabugu and Virginiah Nduta | Dec 3, 2019 | Legal update

In a High court ruling delivered in 2012 in the case of Samuel G. Momanyi v Attorney General & another [2012] eKLR, it was held that Section 45(3) of the Employment Act 2007 requiring an employee to have worked for a minimum period of 13 months in order to bring a...