THE INDUSTRIAL COURT OF UGANDA
Filling Procedures
Working Guidelines For Filing Labour Disputes
1. Filing Labour Claims
- When labour matters are filed in any High Court, they will betransferred to the Industrial Court. Upon receipt at the Industrial Court, parties will be requested to amend their pleadings to reflect the jurisdiction of the Industrial Court.
2. References From The Labour Office
- A claimant must bring a Reference letter from the labour office
- The Industrial Court finds out if the claimant has a copy of the award
- The Industrial court will write a letter calling for the record of the case from the labour office
- The Industrial Court will issue reference notices for the claimant to file a memorandum of claim
- When Memorandum of claim is filed, the Claimant will serve it upon the respondent
- Upon completion of service, the Claimant will file an affidavit of service in the Industrial Court; and
- The respondent will file a reply to the memorandum of claim within seven days from date of receipt of the Memorandum of Claim. Parties are now ready for pre-trial proceedings.
- Parties will file a Joint Scheduling Memorandum
- Each party to file their Trial bundles
- Each party to file their Witness statements
NOTE: Upon receipt of all the above pleadings, the file will then be ready for a
pre-session hearing.
3. Filing a Labour Dispute Appeal (LDA) At The Industrial Court
- The intended appellant must file a Notice of appeal within 30 days from the date of the Award
- Attach a copy of the Award and Decree
- The industrial Court will call for the lower court record and extracted decree from the labour office.
- The Appellant will file a Memorandum of appeal which will be served onto the Respondent
- Respondent to file a Reply to the memorandum of appeal
- Each party will prepare and file their record of appeal
- The appeal is then ready for hearing
NOTE: Upon receipt of all the above pleadings, the file will then be ready for a
pre-session hearing.
4. Filing a Labour Miscellaneous Application (M.A) At The Industrial Court
- The Claimant will file an application for execution and attach copy of the Award and Decree from the Labour office
- The Industrial Court will call for the lower court/labour office record.
- When lower court record is received in upcountry sub-registries, the file will be forwarded to Kampala for scheduling.
- When lower court record is received in Kampala at the Industrial court, the file is ready for scheduling
NOTE: Upon receipt of all the above pleadings, the file will then be ready for a
pre-session hearing.
5. Mediation
- At the request of either party, mediation proceedings can commence at the Industrial Court. Both parties will file a mediation summary. The file will be allocated to a Court-accredited mediator. You will be notified of the date and time for the mediation sessions.
