Some of the youths in the National Hygiene Programme wait to be deployed from Eastleigh to various parts of Nairobi in this photo taken on May 20, 2020.
A total of 3,991 workers in the agriculture sector, 1,920 in hospitality and 2,071 in horticulture and floriculture are on unpaid leave.
As of September, the ministry had received a total of 208 labour complaints from the public relating to unpaid leave, unfair termination, pending work injury compensation, challenges in labour migration, and non-remittance of statutory deductions.
The government has put the number of those who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, in both the formal and informal sectors, at 36,163.
In a report tabled before the National Assembly Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, the Ministry of Labour and Social Services said, however, that the figure could be higher since most people who lost their jobs did not report the development to the ministry.
