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UGA-2006-L-74416
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
The Employment Act, 2006 (Act No. 6)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Uganda
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions; Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
2006-05-24
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Part I - Preliminary
Part II - General Principles (forced labour, discrimination and sexual harassment)
Part III - Administration and Jurisdiction (Labour Inspection, Labour Advisory Board)
Part IV - The Employment Relationship (contracts, insolvency, employment of children, migrant workers, etc.)
Part V - Wages and Related Notices (payment, deductions, union dues, etc.)
Part VI - Rights and Duties in Employment (weekly rest, working hours, annual leave, maternity and paternity leaves, sick pay, etc.)
Part VII - Discipline and Termination
Part VIII - Continuity of Employment (continuous service, seasonal employment, etc.)
Part IX - Severance Allowance
Part X - Remedies, Jurisdiction
Part XI - Miscellaneous
Schedule 1 - Disciplinary Code
Schedule 2 - Currency Point
Repeals the Employment Act (Cap. 219).
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2006-08-07
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
2011-04-28 (UGA-2011-R-86721)
Employment Regulations, 2011.
Implementing text(s)
2011-04-28 (UGA-2011-R-88352)
Employment (Employment of Children) Regulations, 2012 (S.I. 2012 No. 17).
Implementing text(s)
2011-04-28 (UGA-2011-R-92798)
Employment (Sexual Harassment) Regulations, 2012 (S.I. 2012 No. 15).
Implementing text(s)
2005-07-04 (UGA-2005-R-94569)
Employment (Recruitment of Ugandan Migrant Workers Abroad) Regulations, 2005 (2005 No. 62).
Implementing text(s)
2015-03 (UGA-2015-M-112790)
Guidelines on Recruitment and Placement of Uganda Nationals Abroad, 2015.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
Country
Uganda
URL
http://www.mglsd.go.ug/
File
UGA74416.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Uganda Gazette - Acts Supplement No. 5
Date
2006-06-08
Volume
Vol. XCVIX
Number
No. 36
Page range
pp. 1- 74
File
F1768664138/UGA74416.pdf (PDF 1'070kb)