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Labour Court warns employers against underpaying security guards

A guard of honour mounted by private security guards at Mamboleo Showground in Kisumu.[FILE,Standard]

Night after night, Stephen Onyango guarded homes and businesses for seven years, earning a paltry Sh5,000 a month, far below the statutory minimum wage.

In a recent landmark judgment, the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) has finally tallied the real cost of that neglect and ordered Onyango’s employer, Kisspag Security Services, to pay him a total of Sh169,415 for underpayment and unpaid leave.

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