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Ministry of Labour and Employment |
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| Current
Projects |
1.
International Labour Organisation (ILO)/ United
States Department of Labour (USDOL) project
The project was started in
August 2004 to assist Lesotho in mitigating the
impact of HIV and AIDS in the workplace. It is
funded by the International Labour Organisation
and the United States Department of Labour. The
projects term ended in April 2007 but was
extended for a few months and it is expected
that the Ministry of Labour and Employment will
take over the project and sustain it.
The objectives of the project are the following:
To assist companies with putting in place HIV
and AIDS policies and reviews them;
To develop educational manuals in the textile
and construction industry;
To train Inspectors on HIV and AIDS issues;
To establish structures to effectively deal
with HIV and AIDS in workplaces;
To assist in reviewing the Labour Code
Amendment Act;
To assist in the development of HIV and AIDS
guidelines.
2. Improving Labour Systems in Southern Africa (ILSSA)
Project
The project is an ILO initiative aimed at
improving labour administration in Southern
Africa, and Lesotho is one of the beneficiaries.
The Project is also aimed at ensuring compliance
with national labour laws. The main objectives
of the project are the following:
To improve relations between employees and
employers;
To improve dispute resolution in the country
through the DDPR and the Labour Court;
To increase knowledge amongst employers and
workers about their rights and obligations;
To provide training for employers and
employees on the Labour Code Order 1992 and its
amendments;
To engage the Ministry of Labour and
Employment in a communication strategy to enable
them to liaise with other media;
To improve the national labour laws.
3. Work and Health in Southern Africa (WAHSA)
WAHSA is a twelve-year programme for strategic
development in OSH&EH in the SADC Region. It is
a Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency (Sida)-funded initiative in Southern
Africa, in collaboration with Southern African
Development Community (SADC), South African
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH),
and Swedish National Institute of Public Health
(NIPH).
The overall objective is to contribute to
poverty reduction by social and economic
development in the SADC Region through
improvements in OSH& EH. This Programme
represents an integrated effort with existing
programmes on Occupational Safety and Health in
various SADC Sectors (Employment and Labour;
Health; Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources;
Human Resource Development; Environment and Land
Management and Mining) and with other
international efforts in the SADC region.
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