• Lesotho recently enacted the Labour Act 2024, consolidating all labour and employment laws in the country. It came into force on 2 April 2024.
• The Act replaces the Labour Code Order, 1992, and introduces significant changes aimed at providing a comprehensive framework for regulating employment relations, promoting fair labour practices, and ensuring the welfare and rights of both employers and employees.
• It follows the ratification, in March 2022, of three ILO conventions, confirming a strong commitment to improving working conditions in both public and private sectors: Convention Labour Relations (Public Service), 1978 (No. 151), Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).

• The 3^rd Nigeria Employers' Summit, organised by the Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA), convened on 25-26 June 2024.
• It brought together key stakeholders to discuss "Economic Renaissance: Harnessing Government Reforms and Private Sector Agility."

• During the recent visit of ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo to Gabon on 1 and 2 July 2024, a sub-committee on employment and decent work at the National Assembly was estabilished.
• This development is set to bring substantial benefits to businesses, signaling Gabon's commitment to fostering a more structured and supportive environment for employers.
• The meeting follows the signing, on 22 May 2024, of the first Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) with the ILO, covering the period 2024-2027. This agreement is a strategic framework designed to promote decent and productive work.

• On 5 July 2024, Deputy Peter Burke, Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, signed the European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 into law.
• This Statutory Instrument (SI 336/2024) came into effect on 6 July 2024, meeting the CSRD's transposition deadline.

• The recent G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting in Fortaleza on 25-26 July 2024 highlighted several critical themes relevant to businesses and employer organizations worldwide.
• Key Takeaways are:

- creation and transition to formal jobs and the promotion of decent work; 

- Policies to provide access to adequate -improven and strengthened- social protection systems, which are the foundation of a more inclusive, stable, fair and equal society;

- addressing gender-based disparities and the need for comprehensive policies to dismantle discriminatory norms and barriers, tackle pay gaps, and ensure women's equal economic participation.