Firing casuals during off-peak unfair, court rules

Court of Appeal Judges ruled that subjecting workers to such treatment was unfair. [iStockphoto]

The 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.