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).
Eramet, a pioneering force in the mining industry, has signed its first global agreement to establish a comprehensive social protection solution for its employees worldwide.
Known as Eramet Global Care, this agreement underscores the company's commitment to employee welfare and corporate social responsibility. It ensures that employees receive consistent benefits regardless of their location and promotes equity and solidarity within the organisation.
On 7 April 2024, a significant advancement for working mothers in Ethiopia was celebrated with the inauguration of new daycare facilities at Yirgalem Addis Textile Factory PLC and Ethio-Impact Manufacturing PLC.
These centres are designed to offer safe, stimulating, and child-friendly environments, crucially supporting the needs of mothers employed in the demanding textile and garment industry sectors.
The Company has initiated a four-pillar action plan aimed at transforming the Company's diversity landscape by 2026.
It includes comprehensive anti-discrimination and unconscious bias training, establishing a community of role models, enhancing recruitment from diverse origins, and promoting employees from diverse backgrounds, especially women.
On 5 February 2024, Sanofi unveiled "Cancer and Work: Acting Together," a comprehensive global programme to support employees diagnosed with cancer or other serious illnesses.
This initiative ensures job security, salary continuation, and social benefits for at least twelve months, regardless of the employee's role or location, marking a significant step forward in corporate responsibility and employee welfare.
On 9 October 2023, Crédit Agricole Group S.A. and UNI Global Union signed a new four-year agreementthat confirms the Group's focus on the protection of workers' rights in the workplace, their trade union and human rights, as well as its ongoing commitment to developing a fruitful social dialogue.
It applies to all 75.000 employees in 46 countries.
Veolia launched the new 'Veolia Cares' programme to ensure a standard basic level of social protection for the Group's 213,000 employees worldwide.
The initiative will guarantee all employees the same level of protection, even where there is no legal standard of reference to overcome geographical disparities in social protection.
South Korean construction management firm HanmiGlobal announced a new welfare policy which entails additional incentives for all workers expecting a child.
The company’s policy is aimed to boost Korean fertility rate, which is the world lowest since 2013.