Court says employers must justify job cuts with genuine operational reasons and conduct meaningful consultation and fair selection before declaring workers redundant.
By
Joseph Wangui
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
The Employment and Labour Relations Court has tightened the legal threshold for laying off workers, ruling that employers must prove a redundancy is genuine and fairly select and consult affected employees before implementing job cuts.
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