Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Minister of Employment and Labor, Hon. Moses Leoma, has urged factory workers to return to work as their affairs are being processed and in line with the statement by the Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Moeketsi Major. Leoma issued a statement regarding the steps taken and the next to respond to factory workers through trade unions and employers.
In a statement, Leoma said he was also part of a cabinet committee set up by the Prime Minister to address factory workers’ grievances, adding that they had held in-depth discussions with stakeholders to find a lasting solution.
in terms of initial salaries 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 and job losses from May 10 to date. He also appealed to the workers to return to work as they were working on all the issues.
Leoma said in accordance with the Labor Code of 1992, on May 14, his department issued a recommendation to the public to comment on the initial salary, and this stage of the recommendation will come. ending June 12th.
He further added that the department has already issued an invitation to the board that deals with early salary proposals to sit on June 14 to discuss recommendations from the community, and to make recommendations to the right.
“Immediately after this session I will announce the 16th of June showing the basic salaries. I also had discussions with the Minister of Trade and Industry, and we had an in-depth study of the prevailing conditions in these wage issues.
Trade and commerce have declined sharply from last year to this and now the situation is very dire, ”Leoma explained. Among other things, Leoma pointed out that factories in Lesotho have been affected by the reduction in jobs abroad, as well as other jobs such as tourism and freight vehicles and so on.
He added that these conditions affected jobs as some workers lost their jobs, while others entered short-term employment. “We do not all accept the status quo, and as a country we must protect existing jobs and businesses, and create new businesses that will create more jobs,” he said.
Meanwhile, in an interview with Voice of the Nation NACTWU Deputy Secretary-General Mr Tsepang Makakole said the Minister did not speak differently from the Prime Minister, saying he was speaking in the same manner.
“There is no agreement between the government and the firms that represent the workers.
If the workers are to come out of our agreements with them that they will return as long as there is a working order, we need a document confirming the government’s commitment. We will go to work as long as there is a cassette, ”Makakole said.
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