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ILO, International Trade Centre and Government of Lesotho team up to strengthen SME competitiveness, productivity and decent work
Driving investment and export growth in Lesotho’s textiles and clothing sector, this latest project incorporates SCORE Training as a key component.
Dialogue on Wellness, Health, and HIV/TB interventions for World of Work
in Lesotho
International labour standards
Lesotho ratifies three ILO Conventions
Lesotho deposited the instruments of ratification of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).
Lesotho ratifies three ILO Conventions
Lesotho deposited the instruments of ratification of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).
AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa
The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based on the 2020 Global Estimates on Child Labour and related recommendations, which had been launched by the ILO and UNICEF on 10 June.
#EndChildLabour2021
Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director for Africa at the event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa
I commit the Office to work as one ILO to mainstream child labour issues into all relevant areas of work of the Abidjan Declaration implementation plan, in order to maximize our contribution to ending child labour in Africa. We will work closely with our tripartite Constituents to do so
#EndChildLabour2021
Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa
Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.
Forced Labour
Lesotho joins efforts to combat forced labour
Lesotho has ratified the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention becoming the 37th ILO member State to do so
« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | LESOTHO - “The training provided me with clarity on most of the issues that I took for granted as a veteran labour inspector”
An ILO project provided training for labour inspectors to improve their work but also to make inspections more relevant within the national context.
The ILO Director-General Visit to Lesotho
Maseru, Lesotho
Training of Labour Inspectors in Maseru, Lesotho
Training on ILO Conventions, application and interpretation of the labour law
Launch of the project on Strengthening Labour Inspections in Lesotho
“ILO and the United States Department of Labour partner to strengthen labour Inspection systems in Lesotho to better equip employers and worker organisations in achieving workplace compliance with national labour laws.”
Regional meeting on cooperative statistics in Lesotho
Global supply chains
Protecting pregnant workers’ rights in Lesotho
How the Better Work Programme of the ILO and the International Finance Cooperation (IFC) promotes decent work for young women in Lesotho’s garment industry.
Lesotho Ministry of Labour and Employment
Discussion on Labour Market Issues.
ILO Chief for Africa to visit Lesotho
The Regional Director for Africa of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, on his first official visit to Maseru, Lesotho from 26-28 November 2014.
Workers Organizations from Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa signed a Declaration Promoting Labour and Human Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers
Trade unions and domestic workers’ organizations from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Lesotho signed a joint declaration at the tri-national workshop in Johannesburg organized by the EU funded Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families (GAP-MDW). By signing the declaration, participants committed to support the strategies promoting human and labour rights of migrant domestic workers along the South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe corridor.
Lesotho's Minister of Labour visits the ILO Pretoria Office
The newly appointed Hounourable Minister Keketso Rants'o, paid a visit to the ILO Office Pretoria accompanied by senior officials from all key departments within the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
How Much Does Business Really Bring to HIV Response? Quantifying In-Kind and Financial Contributions of the Private Sector