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Novel Employer Liability Issues in Kenya: Employers’ Liability For Employees’ Contracting Diseases (such as COVID-19) in the workplace, and for Injuries Sustained by Employees when ‘Working from Home’

The Work Injury Benefits Act of 2007 (WIBA) is statute which provides for compensation to employees for work related injuries and diseases contracted in the course of their employment and for connected purposes. Of particular importance, an employer is liable to compensate an employee for personal injury, including contracting a disease, and or death if these…

Novel Employer Liability Issues in Kenya: Employers’ Liability For Employees’ Contracting Diseases (such as COVID-19) in the workplace, and for Injuries Sustained by Employees when ‘Working from Home’