Casual employee: Court says being sacked during off-peak season unfair

A casual labourer sprays muguka plants in Mbeere South. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]

Court of Appeal has ruled that a company cannot recruit an employee in the guise of being casual depending on peak and off-peak sessions.

Justices Hellen Omondi, Fatuma Sichale and Daniel Musinga in a ruling delivered last week noted that subjecting workers to such treatment was unfair.