TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................. iv
LIST OF LEGISLATIONS ............................................................................................................. v
TABLE OF CASES ....................................................................................................................... vi
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................. viii
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... xi
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ..................................................................................... I
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ........................................................................................ 3
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY .............................................................................................. 5
1.3 .I. General Objective ................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 .2. Specific Objectives ............................................................................................................... 5
1.4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS ................................................................................................... 5
1.5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ......................................................................................... 6
1.6. SCOPE OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................................ 6
1.7. METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 6
1.8. LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................ 7
1.9. ORGANISATIONAL LAYOUT ............................................................................................. 8
CHAPTER TWO
EFFICACY OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS ON THE
RIGHTS TO WORK
2.1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 9
2.2. INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORKS ON THE RIGHTS TO WORK ................... 9
2.2.1 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights States, 1948 .................................................... 9
2.2.2 The international Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights states, 1966 ............. 9
2.2.3 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1948 ..................................................... I 0
2.2.4 International Covenant in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), 1966 ........... I 0
2.2.5 The Convention Concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to ........ II
2.2.6 International Labour Standards (ILS) .................................................................................. 12
2.2.7. Promotion and Protection of Rights to Work under International Human Rights .............. 13
2.3 An International Legal Frameworks for Fair and Stable Globalisation in Relation to Rights to
Work ............................................................................................................................................. 14
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2.4.1 CONTINENTAL AND REGIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORKS ON THE RIGHTS TO
WORK .......................................................................................................................................... 15
2.4.2. Afi·ican Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (AFRICAN CHARTER) ........................ 15
2.4.3. Right to Work under EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC) ........................................ 16
2.5. NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................................. I 7
2.5. I. Constitutional and Legal Frameworks on the Rights to Work ........................................... I 8
2.5.1.1. The Right to Work under the National Laws of Uganda ................................................. 21
2.5.2. Employment Act 2006 ........................................................................................................ 21
2.5.3 Labour Union Act 2006 ....................................................................................................... 22
2.5.4. Workers Compensation Act Cap 225 ................................................................................. 23
2.5.5. Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2006 ......................................................................... 23
2.5.6. Labour Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement) Act 2006 .................................................... 24
2.5.7. Labour Legislation in Uganda ............................................................................................ 24
2.5.8. Economic and Social Rights in Uganda .............................................................................. 25
2.5.9. Employment Protection in Uganda ..................................................................................... 26
2.6. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS .................................................................................... 27
2.6.1. Industrial Court ................................................................................................................... 27
2.6.2 Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and Rights to Work in Uganda ....... 28
2.6.3. THE UGANDA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND RIGHTS OF WORKERS ..... 29
2.6.4 Trade Union Associations .................................................................................................... 31
CHAPTER THREE
EXAMINE HOW THE TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE LABOUR
INDUSTRY IS CONDUCTED UNFAIRLY
3.1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 32
3.2 INSTANCES HOW TERMINATION HAS BEEN CONDUCTED UNFAIRLY UNDER
THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL ................................................................................................ 32
3.3. HOW TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT IS BEING CONDUCTED UNFAIRLY IN
AFRICA ........................................................................................................................................ 34
3.4. EMPLOYMENT ACT, 2006 OF UGANDA ........................................................................ 37
3.5 INSTANCES WHERE AN EMPLOYER CAN TERMINATE AN EMPLOYEE FROM
WORK. ......................................................................................................................................... 38
3.6. CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT CAN BE
TERMINATED ............................................................................................................................. 41
CHAPTER FOUR
HOW THE COURTS HAVE TRIED TO ENFORCE, EXAMINE AND IMPLEMENT
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON UNFAIR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT IN
THE LABOUR INDUSTRY IN UGANDA
4. I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 45
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4.2. COURTS HAVE BASED THEIR IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH THE
EMPLOYMENT ACT, 2006 OF UGANDA AND CASE LAW ................................................ 45
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSES THE FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON
UNFAIR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE LABOUR INDUSTRY
5.1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 49
5.2. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS ........................................................................................ 49
5.3. CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................... 50
5.4. RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................................................... 50
BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................... 53
ABSTRACT The study is sought to establish the general introduction, statement of the problem, scope of my study, objectives, literature review, methodology ,findings ,organizational layout, conclusion and recommendations; In regards to the legal frame work of the law relating to unfair termination in the Labour Industry in Uganda and is driven by three objectives. The first objective is to give a general over view on the rights to work under the legal and institutional fi·amework in Uganda, second objective is to identifY how the courts have tried to enforce and implement the legal framework on unfair termination in the Labour Industry in Uganda, and thirdly to find the possible solutions way forward and conclusion of how to improve the Legal Framework on Unfair Termination in the Labour Industry in Uganda.
