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Workers Compensation Act

Chapter 225

Occupational diseases - Liability to pay compensation

ty-four months referred to in section 27 (1)(b) unless that employer proves that the disease was not contracted while the worker was in his employment. The worker or his or her dependents shall, if required by the employer from whom compensation is claimed, provide the information they have as to the identity and location of all other employers of the worker

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Employment Act

Chapter 226

Severance allowance - No severance allowance under summary dismissal

ll be paid where— is summarily dismissed with justification; is dismissed by the employer and unreasonably refuses to accept an offer of re-employment by the employer at the same place of work, under no less favourable terms and wage rate than he or she was employed at immediately prior to the dismissal; or abandons his or her employment, or absconds from hi

Topics: wages

Provision text match · Uganda · en

Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2006

Act 9 of 2006

General duties, obligations and responsibilities of employers - Employer to provide alternative suitable employment

Section Employer to provide alternative suitable employment Section Where an assignment involves continuous exposure to dangerous emissions or to substances and agents which are harmful to health , and it is certified to be medically inadvisable to continue the exposure, it shall be the duty of the employer to provide the worker concerned with suitable alter

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Labour Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement) Act, 2006

Act 8 of 2006

Preliminary - Interpretation

tract of service under which the worker is employed; “ collective agreement ” means a written agreement relating to terms and conditions of employment concluded between one or more labour unions and one or more employers, or between one or more labour unions and one or more employers’ organisations; “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner for Labour; “ contr

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Weights and Measures Act

Chapter 84

General - Liability of employer or master

mployer or master Section When an act is done under this Act by a servant, agent, partner or employee acting within the scope of his or her employment and the act would be an offence if done by the master, principal or employer, the master, principal or employer is guilty of that offence and is liable to the penalties provided by this Act.

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Income Tax Act

Chapter 338

Withholding of tax at source - Withholding of tax by employers

Section Withholding of tax by employers Section Every employer shall withhold tax from a payment of employment income to an employee as prescribed by regulations made under section 151 . The obligation of an employer to withhold tax under subsection (1) is not reduced or extinguished because the employer has a right, or is otherwise under an obligation, to d

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Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

Chapter 79

Abolition of the doctrine of common employment - Common employment

Section Common employment Section It shall not be a defence to an employer who is sued in respect of personal injuries caused by the negligence of a person he or she employs, that that person was at the time the injuries were caused in common employment with the person injured. Any provision contained in a contract of service or apprenticeship, or in an agre

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Leadership Code Act

Chapter 33

Post employment - Future employment

Section Future employment Section A leader or a public officer shall not allow himself or herself to be influenced in the pursuit of his or her official duties and responsibilities by plans or expectations for or offers of future employment. A leader or a public officer shall disclose in writing to the Inspector General , all offers of future employment that

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Industrial Property Act

Chapter 224

Right to inventions and naming of inventor - Naming of inventor

of preference, the Registrar shall take into account the matter claimed in the applications. Where an invention is made in execution of an employment contract the purpose of which is to invent, the right to the patent shall belong, in the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, to the employer. Where the economic gains extracted by the employer a

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Persons with Disabilities Act, 2020

Chapter 115

Rights of persons with disabilities and non-discrimination - Non-discrimination in employment

Section Non-discrimination in employment Section An employer shall— An employer discriminates against a person with a disability where— An employer shall not discriminate against a person with a disability , on the basis of the disability of that person. in any advertisement for a job, where appropriate, encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the j

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Higher Education Students Financing Act, 2014

Act 2 of 2014

Repayment of student loans - Deductions by employer

ct an employer to deduct a specified amount from the salary of an employee where the employer or employee has not informed the Board of the employment . deduct or remit the loan repayments in accordance with this section; notify the Board of the employment of a person who has received a student loan,

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Labour Unions Act, 2006

Act 7 of 2006

General principles of freedom of association - Registrar’s powers to investigate violation of section 5

Section Registrar’s powers to investigate violation of section 5 Section For the purpose of ensuring compliance with sections 3 and 4 , the Registrar may investigate the conduct of any employer in relation to any of the matters set out in sections 3 or 4 and may call on the employer to produce, for the Registrar’s inspection, all or any of the books or docum

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Minimum Wages Advisory Boards and Wages Councils Act

Chapter 221

14. Penalty for failing to pay minimum wage or comply with conditions of employment

Section 14. Penalty for failing to pay minimum wage or comply with conditions of employment Section 14(1) If a contract between an employee to whom a wages regulation order applies and his or her employer provides for the payment of less remuneration than the statutory minimum remuneration , or does not provide for the conditions of employment prescribed in

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Whistleblowers Protection Act

Chapter 34

Protected disclosures - Persons to whom or institutions to which disclosure may be made

ty may be made internally to an employer of the whistleblower in cases where the whistleblower ’s complaint pertains to his or her place of employment. where the complaint does not pertain to the whistleblower ’s employment; where the whistleblower reasonably believes that he or she will be subjected to occupational detriment if he or she makes a disclosure

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Employment (Sexual Harassment) Regulations, 2012

Statutory Instrument 15 of 2012

Sexual harassment policy - Employer to designate a person in charge of sexual harassment

Section Employer to designate a person in charge of sexual harassment Section An employer with more than twenty-five employees shall designate a person who is gender sensitive to be in charge of sexual harassment complaints. In this regulation, a person shall be taken to be gender sensitive if he or she is conscious of the needs of each gender.

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Prisons Act

Chapter 325

Appointments, promotions, recruitment, retirement and termination of appointments - Employment of civilians in Service

Section Employment of civilians in Service Section The Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Commissioner General , may employ civilians to perform such administrative functions as are normally outside the line of duties of a prison officer , regulate the method of their employment, establish the terms and conditions of their employment, and pr

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Self-Help Projects Act

Chapter 245

Miscellaneous - Application for exemption

Section Application for exemption Section Employment in respect of which an exemption may be granted under subsection (1) shall be— A resident of any area where any self-help project is to be done on any day or the employer of that person may, three days before that day, apply to the appropriate authority for the grant of an exemption from work on that day.

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Advocates Act

Chapter 295

Discipline of advocates and clerks - Offences and penalties with respect to employment of clerk against whom order is in force

Section Offences and penalties with respect to employment of clerk against whom order is in force Section A person against whom an order made under section 39 is in force who seeks or accepts employment by, or remuneration from, an advocate in connection with his or her practice as an advocate commits an offence. An advocate who knowingly acts in contraventi

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HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act, 2015

Act 1 of 2015

Discrimination on grounds of HIV status - Discrimination in the workplace

be— Subsection (1) shall not apply where an employer can prove that— A health institution shall provide free of costs— denied access to any employment for which he or she is qualified; or transferred, denied promotion, or have his or her employment terminated on the ground of his or her actual, perceived or suspected HIV status. the requirements of the emplo

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Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act

Chapter 66

Immigration control - Employment without entry permit

Section Employment without entry permit Section A person who is not a citizen of Uganda shall not, unless that person is in possession of a valid entry permit , certificate of permanent residence or special pass issued under this Act— A person who— be employed in a parastatal or private body; be employed in the public service; be employed by a private person