In this article we present some highlights of the recently
gazetted Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (the
“Bill”). The Bill seeks to amend the
2006 Employment Act (the “Act”) and
captures some of the current issues of concern in employment
matters.
Protection of domestic and casual workers
The Bill seeks to regulate the employment of domestic workers
and casual employees in Uganda. The Act did not apply to employers
and their dependent relatives where the dependent relatives were
the only employees in a family undertaking and did not exceed five.
This would ordinarily include domestic workers and casual employees
who do not fall under the dependent relatives category. The Bill
seeks to remove the dependent relatives exception so that the Act
applies to all domestic workers and casual employees regardless of
their number and relationship to the employer.
