The government, as part of efforts to catch pace with the contemporary labour market, is upgrading logistical and human resources across labour departments in the country.
This exercise aims to turn around rudimentary processes and procedures at the labour departments and thereby meet modern expectations.
Christened Public Employment Centre (PEC), the project along aims to change the narrative and develop critical skills sets for national economic transformation, minimisation of the skills mismatch and reducing unemployment, among others.
Public Employment Centres (PECs), established by the Labour Act, 2003, provide the public with frontline labour market services, including job matching, job placement, counselling, provision and collection of labour market statistics and information, labour inspections and processing workmen's compensation issues, among other labour-related services.