Report an employer to the labour office (unpaid wages, unfair dismissal)
State Department for Labour and Skills Development · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Go to your area Labour Officer, who will interview you and register your complaint on Form LD 64. If it is not settled in 7 days, the officer calls you and your employer to a meeting to agree on what you are owed.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- How long
- Within 45 working days
- Deadline
- Unfair or summary dismissal: complain to the labour officer within 3 months of the date you were dismissed.
- Deadline
- Pay withheld or wrongly deducted: complain within 3 years of the deduction.
- Deadline
- To go to court (Employment and Labour Relations Court), you must file within 3 years. For an ongoing wrong, within 12 months after it stops.
- Where
- In person at your area Labour Officer (Ministry of Labour labour office)
Steps
- Go to the Labour Officer in your area. You will be interviewed and your complaint registered on Form LD 64.
- If it is not settled within 7 days, the officer calls you and your employer to a conciliation meeting.
- If you both agree on the claims, you are paid and sign an agreement. If not, the officer can call another meeting.
- If the employer does not come to the meetings, the officer calculates what you are owed and sends the employer a demand notice to pay.
Watch out
- Disputes raised by a trade union go a different way: they are reported to the Cabinet Secretary for Labour, who appoints a conciliator.
Who can apply
- Workers with an individual complaint against their employer, including those not in a trade union
Official sources (3)
- Handling of Labour Disputes labour.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- State Department for Labour and Skills Development Citizens' Service Delivery Charter labour.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Employment Act (Cap. 226), No. 11 of 2007 new.kenyalaw.org · read 2 Oct 2026