Uganda Case Law

Namuyiga v Export Trading Company Limited22 (Labour Dispute Reference 49 of 2020)

Namuyiga v Export Trading Company Limited22 (Labour Dispute Reference 49 of 2020) [2021] UGIC 107 (22 April 2021)

Court

Industrial Court of Uganda

Case number

Labour Dispute Reference 49 of 2020

Judge

Ruhinda-Ntengye, J, Tumusiime-Mugisha, J, Ebyau, Panel Member, Mugambwa, Panel Member, Mubuuke, Panel Member

The court found that the Claimant was constructively and unlawfully dismissed. The evidence established that after returning from sick leave, the Claimant was deprived of her position, transferred to a department without duties, and rendered redundant, amounting to a fundamental breach of her employment contract. The court rejected the Respondent's claim that a 2014 fixed-term contract governed the employment, holding that the open-ended 2011 contract remained valid due to lack of notice of change and more favorable terms. The Respondent's conduct violated Section 40 of the Employment Act by…

Source excerpt

• Constructive Dismissal
• Unlawful Termination
• Employment Contracts
• Sick Leave Entitlements
• Severance Pay
• Annual Leave