Asuman Mulindwa v Century Bottling Company Limited
The Industial Court emphasises; the need to incorporate a Human Resource Manual in an employment Contract if it is to be relied on in displining employees or displaying it in a prominent place in the workplace,The Court reiterates an unsigned human resource manual that is supposed to be signed cannot be relied on to discipline an employee,Disciplinary proceedings allow an employee to defend herself or himself, Predetermination renders proceedings unlawful, An employer is not liable to pay an employee's unsecured salary loan where the employer did not guarantee it. The Court rejects evidence of senior human resource managers as hearsay. A Notice of Discplinary Proceedings cum Charge Sheet does not have to be drafted with the precision of a criminal charge sheet. It should pass the minimum requirements of the law, and it is sufficient the enployee understood the charges against him. Appeals to the Industrial Court from the decision of the are made from formal decisions of the labour officer.
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