Proposed law specifies CBAs must indicate minimum number of staff who remain on duty

Dancun Ochieng', a patient who is blind and disabled crawls in an abandoned hospital Ward to the washrooms at Kisumu county hospital on June 11, 2017 when nationwide nurses' strike entered it's the second week. . (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

The Government has moved to curb the rising wave of workers' strikes by proposing that labour unions indicate the number of employees required to continue working during boycotts.

A proposed amendment to the Labour Relations Act specifies that all collective bargaining agreements must indicate the minimum number of workers that will be at work during a strike to provide essential services.