Section 42: How and When Your Wages Must Be Paid in Uganda
42.Payment of wages
(1)The payment of wages in legal tender shall take place at the place of the employee's work or, if he or she works at more than one location, the premises of his or her employer from which he or she works or from which his or her work is administered.
(2)Payment of wages shall not take place in premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages or in places of amusement, except in the case of employees whose place of work is in such premises.
(3)An employer shall not impose in any contract of service, any agreement, or condition, as to the place where, or the manner in which, or the person with whom, any wages paid to an employee shall be expended and an agreement or condition which contravenes this section shall be invalid.
(4)In the absence of a prior written agreement to the contrary—
(a)an employee engaged to work for one day at a time shall be paid his or her wages at the end of that day;
(b)an employee paid by the hour, day or week shall be paid his or her wages at the end of that hour, day or week;
(c)an employee paid fortnightly or monthly shall be paid at the end of each fortnight or month; and
(d)an employee engaged to be paid by the piece of work done or by results shall be paid at intervals of not more than one fortnight.
(5)Where the employee is being housed by the employer, the employee shall not be required to vacate the premises until he or she has been paid his or her terminal benefits.
(6)On the termination of his or her employment in whatever manner, an employee shall, within seven days from the date on which the employment terminates, be paid his or her wages and any other remuneration and accrued benefits to which he or she is entitled.
Plain English Summary
You have the right to be paid your wages in cash (legal tender) at your workplace or where your work is managed. Your employer cannot force you to spe...
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