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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A new law that was signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta\u00a0will see bad employers punished heavily over unethical employment practices.<\/p>\n

According to the new Employment Amendment Act of 2019, employers who hold on to salaries or make unwarranted deductions\u00a0will face a penalty of Ksh1 million.<\/p>\n

The penalty was raised from Ksh100,000 initially stated in\u00a0the Employment Act of 2007. The amendment was meant to\u00a0introduce fairly progressive labor practices in line with current global trends.<\/p>\n

The amended law invalidates\u00a0non-compete contractual obligations that bar employees from working for local companies after leaving their employer.<\/p>\n

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In the event that an employee’s contract has ended or they tender their resignation, they will\u00a0only be required to protect privileged information that they accessed\u00a0at their former employer’s workplace for a “reasonable period”.<\/p>\n

The amended law further protects employees’ rights in the event of the death of an employer, the new employer who comes in is mandated to effect them.<\/p>\n

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According to the law,\u00a0a business merger, transfer, or sale should not lead to spontaneous retrenchment or redundancy.<\/p>\n

Unlike in the previous law, the\u00a0annual number of days for all employees on sick leave will now\u00a0be 30\u00a0on full pay\u00a0and 15 days on half pay regardless of the duration they have worked in the company.<\/p>\n

It also allows\u00a0parents who apply for adoption of children\u00a0to get a\u00a0fully paid one-month pre-adoptive leave.<\/p>\n

In the event that an employer expels an employee, they\u00a0will now be required to provide\u00a0him or her with a written statement citing reasons for the action.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0sexual harassment policy has to be provided for workplaces with five staff members unlike the previous requirement of atleast 20 staff.<\/p>\n

Previously, the threshold for a sexual harassment policy was organizations with at least 20 employees.\u00a0Employees will also bag a compulsory recompense of at least 15 days annually if a contract is terminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: A new law that was signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta\u00a0will see bad employers punished heavily over unethical employment practices. According to the new Employment Amendment Act of 2019, employers who hold on to salaries or make unwarranted deductions\u00a0will face a penalty of Ksh1 million. 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