Workers’ safety under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
11 THINGS EMPLOYERS SHOULD DO TO PROMOTE THE WORKER’S SAFETY Safety is the state of being safe; the freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss; the quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss. A safe and healthy workplace not only protects workers from injury and illness, but also […]
Workers Safety Laws
INTRODUCTION Safety is the state of being safe; the freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss; the quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss. A safe and healthy workplace not only protects workers from injury and illness, but also has quite a lot of benefits like, it reduces […]
Model Photography Contract & Release Forms Modeling Contracts
MODEL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTRACT & RELEASE FORMS MODELING CONTRACTS A modeling contract is a document by which a model establishes a working relationship with an agency. It contains the rules, regulations, and guidelines regarding the duties and obligations that both parties have towards each other. It is important to know modeling contracts aren’t one-size-fits-all. Every agency has […]
Termination of Employment Contracts: Termination on Account of Redundancy (PART 3)
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS: TERMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF REDUNDANCY (PART 3) Termination on Account of Redundancy Redundancy is defined as the involuntary loss of employment, occupation, job or career of an employee through no fault of his/her own but rather at the employer’s initiative. An employee can be declared redundant in certain situations like […]
Termination of Employment Contracts: Summary Dismissal (PART 2)
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS: SUMMARY DISMISSAL (PART 2) As we had previously discussed, there are 3 ways by which employment contracts can be dismissed, these are, Termination on notice; Summary dismissal; or Termination on account of redundancy Summary Dismissal Section 44 of the Employment Act provides that summary dismissal shall take place when an employer […]
What are the Contractual Features of a Brand Ambassador Agreement?
WHAT ARE THE CONTRACTUAL FEATURES OF A BRAND AMBASSADOR AGREEMENT? A brand ambassador is an individual hired by a brand to promote and recommend a certain product or shed positive light on a particular brand to their network to increase sales. Following the rise of social media, brand ambassadors, (also known as brand representatives or […]
Distinguishing between an independent contractor and an employee
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND AN EMPLOYEE Who is an Independent Contractor? An independent contractor is a person who exercises independent employment and contracts to do a piece of work according to his own judgment and methods, and without being subject to his employer except as to the results of the work. An independent […]
Registration of Sole Proprietorship
REGISTRATION OF A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP A sole proprietorship can be registered as a business name as an unincorporated business entity that is registered in the name of an individual proprietor and wholly owned and operated by that same individual. Being unincorporated, unlike a company, it has no separate legal identity from its owner and cannot […]
Registration of a limited liability Partnerships
REGISTRATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS A limited liability partnership (“LLP”) is a type of partnership where the liability of all partners is limited to the amount that they each contributed. This is unlike a limited partnership where there exists at least one general partner whose liability is unlimited while the rest of the partners have […]
Termination of employment Contracts
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS: TERMINATION ON NOTICE (PART 1) A contract of employment in Kenya may be terminated in the following ways, namely: Termination on notice; Summary dismissal; or Termination on account of redundancy. Termination on Notice This refers to a situation where an employment contract is terminated by either party i.e., employer […]
