Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Lesotho
The information here was collated from official online sources by Ergo Global ergonomists. All information is for general purposes and cannot be considered 1-to-1 legal advice. Ergo Global disclaim any liability relating to the information provided on this page.
To Note
Lesotho does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2024.
It contains no specific ergonomics regulations for remote work.
Page last updated: 13/08/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Article 6
(1) An employer shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure the safety, health and welfare of workers at the place of work of the employer through making appropriate arrangements for the establishment of occupational safety and health manamgement systems, to respond appropriately on the needs of organisations according to size.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the employer's duty under subsection (1), the duty of the employer includes
(a) the provision and maintenance of -
(i) a working environment for workers at the work place of the employer that is, so far as is reasonably practicable, clean, safe, without risks to health and adequate, as regards sanitary facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work;
(ii) plant and systems of work arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances;
(iii) safe and healthy work environment and work place conditions;
(iv) the plant, structures, substances and systems of work that are without risks to safety and health; and
(v) adequate facilities for the welfare at work of workers, including ensuring access to those facilities;
(b) the maintenance of any workplace under the employer's control, including the means of access to and egress from it, is in a condition that is safe and without risks to health, so far as is reasonably practicable;
(c) to conduct a workplace specific risk assessment and based on that assessment, deal with the risk in the following priority hierarchy order of -
(i) eliminating the risk;
(ii) substituting the risk;
(iii) using engineering controls;
(iv) using administration controls;
(v) providing personal protective equipment and clothing;
(vi) in so far as the risk remains, providing the workers whose safety or health is or could be at risk with maintaining and ensuring the proper use of suitable personal protective equipment and other safety and health facilities as may be prescribed; and
(vii) instituting a programme to monitor the remaining risk;
(d) identify, evaluate systematically and record the hazard and risks to the safety and health of workers that may arise during the cause of their work, considering the following factors:
(i) sex;
(ii) age;
(iii) disability; and
(iv) reproductive health.
(e) ensuring that the handling of plant, structures and substances at the workplace is without risks to safety and health; and
(f) provide -
(i) workers with information, training, instruction or supervision that is adequate to ensure the safety and health of any person who may be exposed to hazards arising from work carried out, the plant, structures and substances used or intended to be used, as part of the conduct of an employer’s business or undertaking; and
(ii) conditions for workers, which comply with the standards provided for in the Schedule I, where such standards are applicable.
(3) An employer shall, except in such cases as may be prescribed and -
(a) in consultation with the workers, prepare and revise -
(i) a written policy with respect to the safety and health of workers at a workplace of the employer; and
(ii) the organisation and arrangements for carrying out the policy; and
(b) notify the workers of the policy and any of its revisions.
(4) The Minister shall prescribe the contents of -
(a) a general policy of safety and health, and obligations to a person implementing the policy;
(b) concerning the components of a management structure or an occupational safety and health management system.
(5) An employer who fails to comply with any of the duties imposed on him or her under this section, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine or term of imprisonment prescribed in Schedule IV. -
Article 21
(1) An employer shall require a worker to lift, carry or move a heavy load or of such characteristics as to be likely to cause bodily injury.
(2) An employer shall provide sufficient training in the safe techniques or methods of manual lifting and handling to a worker who is required, in the normal course of his or her work, to regularly lift, carry or move loads exceeding 50 kilograms for a male worker and 25 kilograms for a female worker
The Duties of
The Employee
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Article 9
(1) A worker shall, while at work -
(a) take reasonable care for -
(i) his or her own safety and health; and
(ii) the safety and health of other persons who may be affected by his or her acts or omissions;
(b) co-operate with his or her employer in the discharge of any duty or requirement placed upon an employer under this Act;
(c) comply with any reasonable instruction, policy or procedure that is given or made by an employer relating to safety and health at the workplace;
(d) report to his or her or immediate supervisor or the immediate supervisors’ representative, as soon as is reasonably practicable, any situation which the worker has reasonable grounds to believe presents an imminent or serious danger to the safety or health of the worker or of other workers in the same premises, and until an employer has taken remedial action, if necessary, the employer shall not require the worker to return to the workplace where imminent or serious danger to safety or health o fthe worker or other workers in the same premise continues;
(e) wear, protective equipment or clothing at all times provided by the employer, where there is a risk of bodily injury against which the equipment or clothing affords protection;
(f) refrain from interfering with or misusing any means, appliance, convenience, or other thing provided or done by an employer in the interests of safety, health and welfare in pursuance of this Act;
(g) avoid engaging in any improper activity or behaviour at the workplace, which might create or constitute a hazard to that person or any other person;
(h) report to his or her employer the loss, destruction or other defect in the protective equipment or clothing; and
(i) is prohibited to smoke at the workplace, except at specific areas demarcated for that purpose.
What's next?
Step 1
Run an ergonomics audit following these regulations.
Step 2
List out the gaps in your ergonomics policy.
Step 4
Contact Ergo Global for more support where needed.
