{"id":19017,"date":"2019-02-25T05:12:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T02:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ug\/?p=19017"},"modified":"2019-02-25T05:12:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T02:12:51","slug":"minumum-wage-law-2015-passed-set-at-130000-uganda-shillings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/minumum-wage-law-2015-passed-set-at-130000-uganda-shillings\/","title":{"rendered":"Minumum Wage Law 2015 passed. Set At 130,000 Uganda Shillings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We may have to say goodbye to the days of paying maids, guards or workers a salary less than 130,000 Uganda shillings. The parliament has approved the 2015 law, and the sum has already been set.<\/p>\n<p>The previous minimum had been set at 6,000 uganda shillings many years ago, and that explains the different ways people have been paying their workers. According to different reports, a person who does not obey this law faces heavy penalties.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19021\" style=\"width: 656px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/images-3-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/images-3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/images-3-1.jpeg 656w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/images-3-1-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most hard labor jobs earn little incomes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Employers will face a a term of three years in prison or pay a penalty of 10 million Uganda shillings, if they are reported for the underpay. In addition to this, a person may also face 12 months or pay a fine of 480,000 Uganda Shillings, or pay both, if convicted\u00a0 for obstructing an assigned officer from carrying out their duties.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your toes out of danger!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We may have to say goodbye to the days of paying maids, guards or workers a salary less than 130,000 Uganda shillings. The parliament has approved the 2015 law, and the sum has already been set. 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