Dpl Festive Limited v Okuny [2025] KEELRC 2122 (KLR)
Court
Employment and Labour Relations Court
Case number
Appeal E070 of 2024
Judge
JK Gakeri
The Employment and Labour Relations Court allowed an employer’s appeal, set aside awards for notice pay and unpaid salary, but left the certificate of service intact.
The court found that the application for review was made promptly and that no appeal had been lodged, satisfying the procedural requirements for review. The court determined that the phrase 'leaving a net of Kshs. 5,712,174.37' in the original judgment was intended to reflect the balance after deducting the staff loan, not to exempt the amount from statutory deductions. The court clarified that statutory deductions are mandated by section 49(2) of the Employment Act and do not require a specific court order. Regarding interest, the court acknowledged that awarding interest from the date of fi…
Coral Property International Limited v Kiria [2025] KEELRC 1429 (KLR)
Court
Employment and Labour Relations Court
Case number
Cause E298 of 2023
Judge
L Ndolo
The court entered judgment for the claimant for unpaid commission and one month’s salary in lieu of notice after the respondent admitted owing the commission by email.
The court rejected a review application seeking unpaid salary and pay in lieu of notice, holding that the request required re-evaluating evidence beyond review jurisdiction.
Mochama v Kenya Nut Company Limited [2024] KEELRC 1990 (KLR)
Court
Employment and Labour Relations Court
Case number
Cause 2348 of 2017
Judge
JK Gakeri
The court determined that the omission of the specific monetary figures in the judgment constituted a clerical error or incidental omission rather than a substantive error on the face of the record. Rule 34 of the Employment and Labour Relations Court (Procedure) Rules, 2016, empowers the court to rectify such omissions. Since the application was unopposed and the respondent failed to respond or appear, the court granted the application and ordered that the judgment be rectified to specify the amounts due to the claimant: Kshs.26,763.00 as one month’s salary in lieu of notice and Kshs.160,578…