Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Uganda (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes the adoption of the Employment Act, 2006, in particular sections 43 and 46 which give effect to Article 10 (attachment of wages) and Article 13 (payment of wages at or near the workplace) of the Convention, on which the Committee has been commenting for a number of years. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 12, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Regular payment of wages. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the application of the Convention has been rendered difficult due to the economic restructuring of most private and public enterprises and the resulting reduced ability of employers to pay wages. In this connection, considering also the Government’s indication that courts of law have given decisions involving questions of principle relating to the application of the Convention and that 95 per cent of the cases referred to courts concern the non-payment of wages, the Committee would appreciate receiving detailed information on the nature and extent of the difficulties encountered and the measures taken to ensure the payment of wages, including, for instance, strengthened supervision and strict application of penalties to prevent and punish infringements.