Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

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

The Committee takes note of the information supplied by the Government in its report and of the Labour Code Order 1992, which contains a number of provisions which are in line with the requirements of the Convention.

Article 1. The Committee has noted the conclusions of the Committee on Freedom of Association in relation to Case No. 1590, concerning trade union members who had been dismissed from their employment on account of their trade union activities. The Committee, like the Committee on Freedom of Association, would ask the Government to indicate in its next report the measures taken to provide compensation to the workers who had been victimized for their trade union activities or to indicate any new development in this regard. It would also ask the Government to provide information on any court decision in relation to Article 1.

Article 4. The Committee would ask the Government to supply information on the practical application of this Article of the Convention, including the number of agreements signed, the signatory organizations and the sectors covered.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 1996.]