Kenyan judge orders Meta to resolve labour dispute or head to court
Content moderators sue Facebook owner for being fired after starting a union
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Content moderators sue Facebook owner for being fired after starting a union
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and 184 of its content moderators who were based in Kenya agreed on a mediation attempt to settle out of court
Meta: The Employment and Labour Relations court said they have 21 days to reach a settlement and that former Kenyan chief justice, Willy Mutunga, and labour commissioner, Hellen Apiyo would co-mediate the dispute.
The mediation is likely to end one of the most prolific cases that Meta has faced on the continent.
A Kenyan court has given Facebook's parent company Meta and content moderators suing it for unfair dismissal 21 days to resolve their dispute out of court, a court order showed on Wednesday. ...