Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals & Allied Workers v Chogoria P.C.E.A. Hospital (Cause 7 of 2003) [2003] KEIC 2 (KLR)
The bottom line
#A Kenyan hospital was ordered to pay 37 former workers their full retirement and redundancy benefits under a union agreement it claimed didn't apply to it.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Applicability of the NCCK collective agreement to the Hospital's employees
The Hospital, as an institution of P.C.E.A., a corporate member of NCCK, was bound by the collective agreement; the Hospital's own terms and conditions did not displace it
The court found P.C.E.A. was a corporate member of NCCK, which had negotiated and signed collective agreements on behalf of its members including P.C.E.A. The Hospital's reliance on Article 6(b)(i) of the 2002 amended NCCK Constitution failed because the grievants were retired and declared redundant in 1998, before the 2002 amendment.
Entitlement to retirement/redundancy benefits
The Union's demand was justified and the Hospital was ordered to pay the tabulated terminal benefits
Counsel for the Hospital conceded the tabulations were correct under Clauses 16 and 18 of the collective agreement in force in 1998, but disputed applicability. Having found the agreement applicable, the court held the demand justified and awarded payment of the tabulated amounts forthwith.
Legal principles established
#- A collective bargaining agreement negotiated and signed by NCCK on behalf of its corporate members, including P.C.E.A., binds member institutions and applies to their employees
Court orders
#- 1.The Hospital to pay forthwith to the 37 grievants their terminal benefits as tabulated in Schedules 'A' and 'B' (retirees and redundants)
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Section 8 of the Trade Disputes Act, Cap. 234 (reference by the Minister for Labour), with statutory certificates under Section 14(9)(e) and (f)
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#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals & Allied Workers v Chogoria P.C.E.A. Hospital (Cause 7 of 2003) [2003] KEIC 2 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2003). Cause 7 of 2003. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keic/2003/2/eng@2003-12-11
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