The management team of Hilton’s Hotels in Seychelles had a meeting with Minister Francourt on Thursday 14th April 2022, where they presented to the Minister their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programmes of the Hilton’s property. Present at the meeting were the Executive Director, Office of the Minister, Ms. Veronique Bresson, Director of Special Employment Programmes, Ms. Marinette Freminot, Hilton Area…
Seychelles being a member of SADC, recently participated in a meeting organized by the Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe (RPAZ) with the support of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) from 6th to 8th April 2022 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The meeting is to reaffirm the commitments made following the discussions in Cape Town on 2nd and 3rd December…
The Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, Mrs. Patricia Francourt met with Ms. Celine Lemmel, Chief of mission for Seychelles and Mauritius from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday 7th April 2022 at the Ministry’s office, Independence House Annex. Ms. Lemmel who was accompanied by Mr. Niven Muneesammy, IOM National Programme and Policy Officer are on an official…
Two senior Officials from the Department of Employment, Mrs. Tara Diallo and Ms. Samia Ally, participated in the Regional Capacity Development Workshop on Ethical Recruitment in the Southern Africa Region organized by IOM, on the 14 to 18 March 2022 at the Kingdom Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The capacity development workshop brings together representatives of each Member State in the…
H.E Mr. Krishna Kumar Shrestha the Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security from Nepal paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, Mrs. Patricia Francourt, on Friday 18th March 2022. The Ministerial delegations discussed the development of a Bilateral Labour Agreement (BLA) between the Government of Seychelles and the Government of Nepal. The Agreement which…
The Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs conducted consultation meetings on 28th February and 1st March 2022 with workers and employers’ organizations respectively, to discuss the policy proposition on Performance Based Bonus (PBB) to be applicable nationally. Chairing the meeting was Principal Secretary of Employment Department Mr Jules Baker and also in attendance was Consultant Dr Marina Confait, Director General…