Critical Analysis of the Law relating to unfair termination of Employment contract in Uganda.
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Date
2019-12
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Kampala International University, School of law.
Abstract
The study was sought to establish the effectiveness on the legal framework of the law
relating to unfair termination of employment contracts in Uganda and was driven by three
objectives: The first objective examined the efficacy of the legal framework on unfair
tennination of employment contracts irr Uganda, the second one assessed the legal
framework on unfair termination of employment contracts in Uganda, the third and last
objective identified the possible solutions of how to improve the legal framework on unfair
termination of employment contracts in Uganda.
To achieve these objectives, the researcher employed library research study of various
secondary data such as books, thesis, dissertations, Government policies, journals,
commission reports, Acts of parliament, International treaties and articles consulted in
vaiious libraries. The study utilized quantitative research method.
The collected data was presented and analyzed to decipher findings. The major finding of
the study was that Employers frequently abuse the lights of their employees at will. Policies
and strategies contained in the law documents require well-coordinated actions and
commitment from the government and all agencies in order for these employment policies
to be fully adhered to. Thus failure of enforcing the law has resulted into situations where
workers are left at the mercy of employers. Workers are not aware of their rights and
continue to suffer at hands of their employers.
In this research however, the researcher recommended that during termination of
employment contract the employer should seek to give as much warnings and as early
possible for impending redundancy or termination, as to enable employees who may be
affected by the tennination to take early steps and to consider possible alternatives and if
necessary find alternative employment elsewhere.
In the study the researcher recommended that the employer should consult the labour officer
as to the best means by which the desired management results can be fairly and with little
hardship to the employee as possible. Also recommended that the employer should also
ensure that the selection is made fairly in accordance with the criteria and that they should
consider any representation or recommendation made by employee labour officer.
Therefore, as seen from the content of this document it is evident that this abstract rhymes
with the objectives.
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A research dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Laws of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Employment Contract, Law, Termination, Critical Analysis, Uganda