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| Region | Lesotho |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | Apr 2, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Labor Code (2024) explicitly bans discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. It also bans violence, harassment and sexual harassment based on gender identity. |
| Sources | https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/116932/Labour%20Ac.%20No%203%20of%202024.pdf |
| Federal Law | Yes |
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| Sources | https://lesotholii.org/akn/ls/act/2024/3/eng@2024-04-02 | https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/116932/Labour%20Ac.%20No%203%20of%202024.pdf |
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| Value | No protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | Mar 9, 2012 | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Description | high discrimination from the aids epidemic. Discrimination protections pending. | The Labor Code (2024) explicitly bans discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. It also bans violence, harassment and sexual harassment based on gender identity. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Sources | https://lesotholii.org/akn/ls/act/2024/3/eng@2024-04-02 | |
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| Description | high discrimination from the aids epidemic. | high discrimination from the aids epidemic. Discrimination protections pending. |
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| Sources | No | |
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| Description | No | high discrimination from the aids epidemic. |
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| Value | Sexual orientation and gender identity | No protections |
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| Value | Sexual orientation only | Sexual orientation and gender identity |