Easily manage employment in Kenya

After spending 12 months working with an employer, employees are entitled to 21 days of paid leave every year.

There are 13 annual public holidays in Kenya and if a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is designated a work-free day in lieu of the holiday.

After completing two months of engagement with an employer, workers are entitled to 14 days of paid leave annually, compensated at a rate of 100% of the normal pay for the first seven days of employment, and 50% for the remaining seven days.

Female employees are entitled to 91 days of fully paid (at a rate equivalent to 100% of the normal pay) maternity leave, provided the mother-to-be notifies at least a week prior with the appropriate medical certification.

Fathers have the right to take two weeks of paid paternity leave off work to cater to an expecting or postpartum partner.

- Compassionate leave: Kenyan labour law provides for compassionate leave employees can request in event of bereavement, misfortune, hospitalisation of dependents, etc.- Adoption: Adoptive parents are entitled to a mandatory leave period equivalent to the provision available to birth parents, as well one month’s of fully paid pre-adoptive leave before the decision is finalised, provided prior notice is delivered to the employer at least 14 days in advance.