The employment and labour laws landscape in Kenya has considerably changed in the recent year. Quitea number of obligations have been imposedby statute on employers and there are serious attendant sanctions for non-compliance. The interpretation given by our courts on some statutory provisions have been momentous. At JMK we are always keeping tabs of the emerging jurisprudence from our courts and best practice from other jurisdictions in order to advise our clients to avoid or minimize liability.
Our expertise extends to advising and representing clients in all aspects of employment law. We represent both employers and employees on contentious matters under our litigation department whereby we handle employment claims relating to breach of contract claims, unfair employment practices, work injury benefits claims, unlawful dismissal, redundancy claims, and constructive dismissal among others.
Under our commercial department we handle non-contentions mattersincluding drafting of employee contracts, drafting and reviewing human resource polices and manuals.
The Firm also advises on managing of employee-exits, post-termination restrictions, advice on collective bargaining and negotiations, secondment, outsourcing and transfer of employees. We also offer consultancy services on the changes in the legal framework, revision of minimum wages as well other labor related issues including collective bargaining agreements, tax related issues, employee share ownership schemes,registration under NationalSocial Security Fund (“NSSF”), National Hospital Insurance Fund (“NHIF”) and National Industrial Training Authority (“NITA”).
