When resignation is not voluntary: Court awards ex-manager Sh5.9m
Judge rules that employers cannot ignore employees' concerns with impunity.
A former logistics executive in Kenya was awarded nearly Sh5.9 million by the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Mombasa. The court found that her employer's conduct had made her continued employment intolerable, ruling that workplace relationships should be based on trust, dignity, and mutual respect. Justice Ocharo Kebira warned that employers cannot ignore employees' concerns without consequence, stating that an employee cannot be expected to give their best to an employer that demonstrates a sustained pattern of mistreatment.
The case involved Larissa Manson Hart, who served as Schenker Limited's Mombasa branch manager from 2013 until her resignation in February 2017. The court found that Hart's departure was the culmination of a year-long pattern of mistreatment, including public reprimands, exclusion from decision-making, disciplinary action without a hearing, and management's failure to address her complaints.
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