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Our Mandate

The Directorate of Dispute Prevention and Resolution (DDPR) is a semi-autonomous and a juristic person (tribunal) that was established by Section 46B, of the Labour Code (Amendment) Act 2000, and continues in existence under Section 34 of the Labour Act 3 2024

  • Resolve labour disputes and unfair labour disputes through conciliation and arbitration
  • Advise the Government, employers, employer's organisations, workers and trade unions, on the prevention and resolution of disputes
  • To award costs in frivolous cases
  • To accredit bargaining council arbitrators
  • Compile and publish
  1. Information relating to its activities;
  2. Statistics on dispute prevention and resolution and significant arbitration awards.”

The DDPR became operational from 16th January 2002. 

Vision

Promoter of social justice to attain industrial peace and stability at work.

Mission

To contribute to the social and economic development of Lesotho through: High quality, simple, affordable, fair non-adversarial dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms; Professional, independent and high moral staff.