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Labor Rightsin Pakistan

Ahsan

Pawan

Asad

Sumair



Labor union or a trade union is a

voluntary organization of workers formed to bargain

collectively with managementabout wagers and terms of

employment, such as workinghours, over time, holiday,

leaves and other benefits.



• In case of a labor or industrial

dispute the most effectiveweapon that unions can use is to

call a strike which Is walkout andwork stoppage. On the other

hand, if the management shuts

down the work place to pressure

workers to accepts its term.



The constitution of Pakistan contains a

range of provisions with regards tolabor rights.

Fundamental rights and principle of

policy.

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Article 17

Article 11 of the

Constitution prohibits all forms of slavery,

forced labor and child labor;



Child Labor in Pakistan’ is an issue that has

been discussed a lot. Google spews out aplethora of articles, stories, reports,

pictures, interviews, documentaries,

seminars, conferences, forums, criticism

and debates on the subject. Yet here in

2012 what we see is that instead of anyimprovement there are more children

and there is more child labor.



Article 17

Provides for a fundamentalright to exercise the freedom

of association and the right toform unions;



Article 18

Proscribes the rights of its citizens toenter upon any lawful profession or

occupation and to conduct and lawfultrade or business



Article 37

Provision for securing just and humaneconditions of work, ensuring that

children and women are notemployed in vacations unsuited to

their age or sex, and for maternity

benefits for women in appointment



Pakistan’s labor laws trace their

origination to legislation inheritedfrom India at the time of partition of

the indo-Pak subcontinent .

Labor Legislation



Under the constitution labor is

regarded as a ‘concurrent subject’,

which means that it is the

responsibility of both the federaland provincial Governments.



Every employer in an industrial or

commercial establishment is

required to issue a formal

appointment letter at the time of

employment of each worker.



Termination of the contract the

services of a permanent workercannot be terminated for any reason

other than misconduct unless one

month’s notice or wager in lieu there

of has been furnished by the

employer or by the worker if he orshe so chooses to leave his or her

service .



All Pakistan trade union congress

(APTUC), national labor federation(NLF) and national trade union

federation of Pakistan (NTUFP) said

besides trade union organization

more than 60 political parties had

been invited to participate in theseminar .



Thank you

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