Section 1: Who Is Covered by Uganda's Employment Act?
1.Application of Act
(1)Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act applies to all employees employed by an employer under a contract of service.
(2)This Act does not apply to—
(a)employers and their dependent relatives when dependant relatives are the only employees in a family undertaking, as long as the total number of dependent relatives does not exceed five; and
(b)the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces, other than their civilian employees.
(3)The Minister may, after consultation with the Board and after taking due account of all Conventions and other international instruments ratified by Uganda, by regulations exclude from the application of all or part of this Act, limited categories of employed persons in respect of whom special problems of a substantial nature arise.
(4)The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, by regulations exclude from the application of all or part of this Act, categories of employed persons whose terms and conditions of employment are governed by special arrangements, provided those arrangements afford protection that is equivalent to or better than the provisions of this Act from which those categories are being excluded.
(5)Except where the contrary is provided, nothing in this Act applies to employment outside Uganda.
Plain English Summary
The Employment Act protects most workers in Uganda who have a contract of service with their employer. However, it does not cover very small family bu...
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