Training of Labour Inspectors and Stakeholders in Namibia
“ILO Collaborates with the Namibia’s Ministry of Labour to strengthen the capacity of Labour Inspector”
3 November 2016
The Namibia Labour Administration and inspection Needs Assessment Report of 2012 (ILO, 2012), clearly expresses that labour inspectors in Namibia do not have a professional qualification and there is an ongoing need to provide for their induction and training. In the same Report, ILO strongly recommended the consideration of the Convention No. 81 of 1947, which provides that labour inspectors should be adequately qualified and trained for the effective performance of their duties.
The Report also echoed the recommendations of the ILO Technical Mission in 2005 to integrate both general and occupational labour inspections and recommended a closer collaboration between the two Inspectorates of the Ministry.
Following the introduction of the Domestic Wage Order in 2014, inspections to enforce the Regulations relating to Domestic Workers: Labour Act, 2007 and the Wage Order for Setting Minimum Wage and Supplementary Minimum Conditions of Employment for Domestic Workers: Labour Act. 2007 became necessary, and are due for commencement from September 2016.
As financial resources are equally limited, the Ministry has started looking for a long-term solution to address the capacity shortage.
Pending the finalization of the NIPAM/ILO Training and Collaboration, the Ministry is looking for the immediate intervention to build inspectors' capacity in area of domestic work and child labour to commence the enforcement as planned.
Through collaboration with the ILO, the activities in the program aimed at giving effect to the enforcement of regulations relating to domestic Workers’ minimum wage and supplementary minimum conditions of employment.
The program also seeks to equip the new labour inspectors with principles of labour inspection and administration, strengthening the capacity of the Inter-Ministerial on combating Child Labour and other relevant stakeholders to be identified.
Lastly, the program aims at achieving a long-term capacity development strategy for the labour inspectors in Namibia through a targeted and professional qualification.
The program was rolled out over 3-day comprehensive training, as suggested by ILO’s Adolphus Chinomwe (Senior Program Officer, Harare CO), covering labour inspection and administration, which was attended by labour inspectors that had not previously received any training on the ILO’s module on labour inspection and administration.
Following this, was a 2-day training on Domestic Work and Child Labour, attended by all labour inspectors, members of the Inter-Ministerial Committees and relevant stakeholders. Last, was the drafting of a strategy and process of the domestication of the labour inspection training.
The Report also echoed the recommendations of the ILO Technical Mission in 2005 to integrate both general and occupational labour inspections and recommended a closer collaboration between the two Inspectorates of the Ministry.
Following the introduction of the Domestic Wage Order in 2014, inspections to enforce the Regulations relating to Domestic Workers: Labour Act, 2007 and the Wage Order for Setting Minimum Wage and Supplementary Minimum Conditions of Employment for Domestic Workers: Labour Act. 2007 became necessary, and are due for commencement from September 2016.
As financial resources are equally limited, the Ministry has started looking for a long-term solution to address the capacity shortage.
Pending the finalization of the NIPAM/ILO Training and Collaboration, the Ministry is looking for the immediate intervention to build inspectors' capacity in area of domestic work and child labour to commence the enforcement as planned.
Through collaboration with the ILO, the activities in the program aimed at giving effect to the enforcement of regulations relating to domestic Workers’ minimum wage and supplementary minimum conditions of employment.
The program also seeks to equip the new labour inspectors with principles of labour inspection and administration, strengthening the capacity of the Inter-Ministerial on combating Child Labour and other relevant stakeholders to be identified.
Lastly, the program aims at achieving a long-term capacity development strategy for the labour inspectors in Namibia through a targeted and professional qualification.
The program was rolled out over 3-day comprehensive training, as suggested by ILO’s Adolphus Chinomwe (Senior Program Officer, Harare CO), covering labour inspection and administration, which was attended by labour inspectors that had not previously received any training on the ILO’s module on labour inspection and administration.
Following this, was a 2-day training on Domestic Work and Child Labour, attended by all labour inspectors, members of the Inter-Ministerial Committees and relevant stakeholders. Last, was the drafting of a strategy and process of the domestication of the labour inspection training.