Industrial Court of Uganda

The Industrial Court was established under the Labour Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement) Act, 2006 Cap 224, Laws of Uganda, and section 7.  2006.

The Act was assentenced to on 24th May 2006; and commenced on the 07th August 2006 via a Ministerial statutory instrument.

The Court's jurisdiction ambit are labour disputes referred to it by a party to a dispute where a labour officer has failed to dispose of the dispute within 08 weeks under the court's regulations as requested under the act, disputes referred by the Labour officer at the request of the party or on the officer's own volition when is unable to resolve the dispute; or by responsible Minister on notice of an intended withdrawal of labour within 05 days. Appeals can also be filed against labour officers' decision under the Employment Act. The Court has no original jurisdiction over Labour disputes.

 

Physical address
Plot 25-27, off Martyr's way Ntinda. P.O.Box, 21456 Kampala.
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February 2019
Application to join interdicted officer as third party in termination dispute dismissed for lack of same cause of action.
Third-party notice; Joinder — same subject matter and cause of action required; Right of indemnity; Labour law — lawfulness of termination; Witness versus party status.
28 February 2019
A notice of appeal alone is insufficient for a stay; security (decretal sum) required where risk of debtor absconding exists.
Civil procedure – stay of execution pending appeal – notice of appeal alone insufficient – requirement of security where risk of absconding or winding up – court’s discretion to condition stay on deposit of decretal sum.
22 February 2019
Secondment, not employment, where district paid salary and respondent paid allowances; no entitlement to notice pay.
Employment law – meaning of 'employee' under Section 2 – burden to prove contract of service; secondment versus direct employment; appeals limited on questions of fact or mixed law and fact under Section 94(2); entitlement to notice under Section 18 only for employees under contract of service.
22 February 2019
Whether a labour court may grant a temporary injunction to halt mortgage enforcement against a former employee pending a labour dispute.
Temporary injunction – application to restrain sale of mortgaged property pending labour dispute – whether injunction appropriate when mortgage exists Mortgage law – Mortgage Regulations (2012) – 30% security deposit for adjournment of forced sale Labour law vs Commercial law – severability of employment dispute and mortgage enforcement; jurisdictional appropriateness Precedent – Florence Mufumba; Francis Kayumba; George Okoya; effect on injunction applications
8 February 2019