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Barclays Bank branch on Muindi Mbigu Street in Nairobi. PHOTO | FILE
By SANDRA CHAO-BLASTO, schao@ke.nationmedia.com
The Employment and Labour Relations Court has stopped Barclays Bank from terminating the contracts of 21 employees in its Nairobi regional office.
Justice Monica Mbaru lifted a three month notice to the
employees by the bank and instead issued orders stopping Barclays from
transferring any functions of the regional office to any other location
other than Nairobi until the case is heard and determined.
“The respondents are hereby restrained... from
closing down or ceasing operations of their Africa regional office in
Nairobi, terminating, declaring redundant or in any manner relinquishing
the services of the petitioners,” she ruled.
The employees moved to court to restrain the bank
from closing down or suspending operations of the regional office which
would have cost them jobs.
They also wanted the court to compel their employer
to declare the criteria used to declare them eligible for redundancy as
the bank retained some of their colleagues.
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