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Kenya’s National Employment Authority has banned at least 400 recruitment agencies for sending Kenyans to non-existent jobs abroad, amid a wider crack...
World Bank data shows Generative AI skills now attract wage premiums of up to 36 per cent worldwide, as vacancies surge across ICT and white-collar ro...
Labour CS Alfred Mutua warns that rising drug abuse is causing many Coast youth to fail mandatory medical tests and lose out on well-paying overseas j...
In Kenya, many children work in family businesses during school holidays to help cover food and school fees, easing parents’ burden but exposing them...
In its latest November economic update, the World Bank notes that despite a rapidly growing working-age population, formal employment growth has stagn...
Labour PS Shadrack Mwadime told the Committee that Kenya’s economy is unable to absorb most of the country’s new graduates.
Kenya, which relies heavily on foreign investment and skilled expatriate labour, has stressed that while international partners remain welcome, they m...
If Parliament approves the Bill, multinational companies will be required to ensure that at least 80 per cent of their staff are Kenyan citizens, incl...
The government’s crackdown follows viral protests and growing outrage from young Kenyans conned out of millions.
The court found the government guilty of defying orders to compensate 284 ex-soldiers unlawfully dismissed, detained, and tortured after the failed 19...
Thousands of current and former TUK employees risk losing their life savings amid allegations of negligence and fund misuse.
The study noted that seven in ten parents knew of the laws designed to protect children, yet two-thirds of children said they did not know where to se...
The affected workers are from Chemilil, South Nyanza (Sony), Muhoroni, and Nzoia sugar companies. They moved to court, accusing the government of decl...
Labour and Interior ministers from Djibouti, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Uganda gathered under the theme “Improving Labour Migration an...
As Kenya moves toward a more inclusive and equitable society, the National Policy on Care represents a critical step in acknowledging the invisible la...
Citing police reform history, the Police service commission told the Labour court that its independence is vital to keeping politics out of police rec...
Since its inception, Inua Jamii has provided a lifeline to thousands of households across the country. By offering consistent financial assistance, th...
The allowances in question total Sh201,000 per month and include emergency, health risk, extraneous, non-practising, and health services allowances.
KCAA was ordered to pay her Sh2,221,104, equivalent to six months' salary, as general damages for breach of constitutional and contractual rights.
While 134 constitutions worldwide explicitly prohibit slavery, the ILO notes that far fewer contain direct bans on forced labour.
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), while the world is wealthier, healthier and better educated than in 1995, the benefits have...
The situation has left Capt. Lunani's reinstatement in limbo, with two arms of government pulling in opposite directions.
CS Ogamba said the Employment and Labour Relations Court had issued an order earlier on Thursday stopping the industrial action, pending a legally san...
In 2013, the share of women in high-skill employment was already higher than that of men, at 21.2 per cent, compared to men’s 17.5 per cent.
Rather than focusing solely on these traditional infrastructure projects, the workers’ rights body recommends that countries also address care-related...
The Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Programme is part of the government’s broader social protection agenda, targeting vulnerable groups with the aim of reduc...
The committee, chaired by Kwale Woman Representative Lydia Haika, asked the CS to provide a comprehensive list of all successful candidates, clarify t...
The Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on Monday expressed frustration, accusing CS Mbadi of being evasive and undermining Parliam...
In a public advisory released on Monday, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection clarified that no such foundation exists and that it has no link...
Justice Maureen Onyango found that the university acted in bad faith by issuing the letters while court-facilitated talks were still underway, and des...
