New Bill seeking to Bar Bosses from assigning duties outside agreed working hours.
Senators have backed the bill seeking to bar bosses from calling or assigning duties to their staff outside the agreed working hours.
They have unanimously supported the Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2021, putting Kenya on the way to become the first country in the region to allow its employees to disconnect from work.
The lawmakers argued that most employees have been forced to work round the clock, including odd hours, as result of phones and emails from their bosses giving them assignments.
This, they said, has led to fatigue of the workers as they can no longer rest or have quality time with their families.
“Technology has led to employees being called late at midnight and yet some of them are non-essential staff. Most of these issues have led to break-down of families ...
