Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Lesotho (Ratification: 1966)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the list of collective agreements in force.

The Committee recalls that in its previous direct request it had noted that, under section 35 of the Public Service Act No. 13 of 1995, the Labour Code does not apply to public officers and had requested the Government to specify the scope of this exclusion. As the Government has confirmed that the situation has not changed, the Committee requests that the Government consider adopting measures to amend the legislation with a view to guaranteeing the right to bargain collectively to public administration workers who are not in the State Administration Service.

The Committee also requests the Government to send a copy of the Public Service Act No. 13 of 1995.