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Maisiba & another v Style Industries Limited (Cause 2031 of 2017) [2022] KEELRC 1464 (KLR) (15 June 2022) (Judgment)

[2022] KEELRC 1464 (KLR) Employment & Labour Relations Court
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Court
Employment & Labour Relations Court
Case number
1464
Citation
[2022] KEELRC 1464 (KLR)
Decided
15 June 2022
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TypeEmployment DisputePostureAppeal from the original trialCoramJK GAKERI, KLR Onyango, Rika
Holding

The Court found that the Claimants were employed under three-month fixed-term contracts which lapsed on July 31, 2017.

Facts

The Claimants were employed by the Respondent as general workers under three-month fixed-term contracts. The employment ended on July 31, 2017.

Issues

  1. Whether the Claimants were employed under fixed-term contracts or permanently.
  2. Whether the Respondent terminated the Claimants' employment or the contracts lapsed by expiration.

Reasoning

The Court relied on the principle that fixed-term contracts do not carry rights or obligations beyond their expiry date, and that the Claimants' employment ended by expiration.

Outcome

The appeal was dismissed.

Authorities cited

Cases cited (5)
  • Registered Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa & another v Ruth Gathoni Ngotho-Kariuki [2017] eKLR
  • Stephen M. Kitheka v Kevita International Limited [2018] eKLR
  • Margaret A. Ochieng v National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation [2014] eKLR
  • Industrial Court Petition No. 35 of 2012, George Onyango vs The Board of Directors Numerical Machining Complex Limited & Others, [2014] e-KLR
  • Industrial Court Cause No. 1541 of 2010, Bernard Wanjohi Muriuki v. Kirinyaga Water and Sanitation Company Limited & Others
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