masukuma wrote:kwani people have written agreements with them mbochez? its all verbal - no payslip no nothing. if she brings the gavaz to u, u can claim you actually pay her 10k. kwani imeandikwa wapi?
It is supposed to be. The Employment Act requires the contract to be written if you’ve employed someone for more than 3 months.
Contents of the Employment contract:
Looking at S.10 of the employment Act, an employment contract in Kenya needs to contain the following
(a) the name, age, permanent address and sex of the employee;
(b) the name of the employer;
(c) the job description of the employment;
(d) the date of commencement of the employment;
(e) the form and duration of the contract;
(f) the place of work;
(g) the hours of work;
(h) the remuneration, scale or rate of remuneration, the method of calculating that remuneration and details of any other benefits;
(i) the intervals at which remuneration is paid; and
(j) the date on which the employee's period of continuous employment began