By Our Reporter
Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) in collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO) has today held an employers’ dialogue aimed at developing an employers’ position on the future of work in Uganda.
This dialogue is based on the pretext that Uganda and the world over is experiencing profound changes that are affecting the work environment. These are stemming from technology innovation, population growth, globalization, climate change, growing economic divide, changing character of production and employment among others. These transformations today challenge the future of work over the long term. Recognizing this pressing need is why the ILO launched the Future of Work Centenary Initiative in 2013. The initiative aims at gaining greater understanding of the changes in the work place and developing effective policy responses that can shape the future of work.
Rosemary Ssenabulya, the Executive Director FUE said, “We are an employers’ association established to represent employers’ interests on social, economic and labor issues. The future of work is therefore an important aspect in which the employers’ perspective ought to be shared. We realize that the onus is on all of us to develop suitable policies for the changing work environment while especially focusing on ensuring decent working conditions and acceptable social welfare. Employers all agree that the greatest resource any company can have is the human resource. It is therefore imperative that we participate in all the processes that improve the working conditions of all the employees both now and the future.
