Ezra Kashumbusha. NAIROBI, January 15, 2024 | The Labour Relations Court in Kenya has declared that collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) cannot be backdated unless there is prior consent from both parties involved. The ruling, delivered…
January 09, 2023. KAMPALA, Uganda | The High Court of Uganda, seated in Kampala, has directed the country’s tax collector, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), to pay a substantial sum of UGX 80,000,000/= (Uganda Shillings…
September 30, 2023 CALIFORNIA, USA | The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has commenced legal action against Tesla Inc., alleging that the electric vehicle manufacturer permitted the ongoing harassment of Black employees at…
18th September 2023. JINJA, Uganda – In a long-awaited legal victory for 3,425 former workers of the now-defunct Nyanza Textile Industries (Nytil), a court has ordered the Ugandan government to pay terminal benefits amounting to…
Uganda’s Parliament has taken a momentous step towards protecting the rights of casual workers by approving the Employment Amendment Bill 2022. This visionary legislation aims to address the longstanding concerns raised by workers’ representatives regarding…
For there to be a lawful summary termination, the provisions of the Employment Act, 2006 override any contractual provisions which allow for payment in Iieu of notice where notice is provided for unless the
employee accepts the termination by payment in Lieu of notice
