HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES AND LABOUR LAWS

This course focuses on institutional structures, policies and procedures in industrial relations conflict resolution under arbitration and bargaining. The course covers topics and issues of importance in the employment and industrial law field. Others include the nature and purposes of the legal system and industrial law, the law concerning the contract of employment, Trade union law and industrial law powers of governments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Objectives:The course is intended to:

• Provide students with knowledge of labour laws, especially the nature and scope of labor law, the rationale of labor laws in organizations, the international labor organization, the labor laws in Uganda, occupational hazards and risk, and managing industrial relations.

• To examine the theoretical aspects, problems and issues in arbitration and bargaining and models of bargaining and arbitration.