The 2026 HR compliance checklist every Kenyan employer needs

Most disputes are lost long before the tribunal — in missing contracts, undated policy manuals and unregistered statutory deductions.

Start here: written contracts for every employee; a current HR policy manual referencing the Employment Act 2007 and the Data Protection Act 2019; NSSF, SHIF and PAYE reconciled monthly; documented disciplinary and grievance procedures; and an OSH risk register reviewed annually.

DPPC runs this as a fixed-scope HR audit and returns a defensible file, not a report that sits on a shelf.