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The Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010 is a legislative act in Pakistan that seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work. The Acts of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 9 March, 2010. The objective was to "create a safe working environment for women, which ...
Pakistan has one of the largest labour and manpower resources in the world, due to its large population, which is the fifth largest in the world. According to data produced by the CIA World Factbook, the total number of Pakistan's labour force is 57.2 million, making it the ninth largest country by available human workforce. [1]
Child labour in Pakistan is the employment of children to work in Pakistan, which causes them mental, physical, moral and social harm. Child labour takes away the education from children. [ 1 ] The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimated that in the 1990s, 11 million children were working in the country, half of whom were under age ten.
Women in Pakistan make up 48.76% of the population according to the 2017 census of Pakistan. [3] Women in Pakistan have played an important role in Pakistani history [4] and have had the right to vote since 1956. [5] In Pakistan, women have held high office including Prime Minister, Speaker of the National Assembly, Leader of the Opposition, as ...
Pakistan is a member of the ILO. Trade unions in Pakistan are regulated under provincial industrial relations acts. [ 1] Under the Constitution of Pakistan, labour is considered a shared responsibility of the federal and provincial governments. [ 2] The latest Industrial Relation Act was promulgated on 12 March 2012 by President of Pakistan. [ 3]
www.ncsw.gov.pk. National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) (Urdu: قومی کمیشن برائے وقار نسواں) is a Pakistani statutory body established by the President Pervez Musharraf, under the XXVI Ordinance dated 17 July 2000. [1] It is an outcome of the national and international commitments of the Government of Pakistan like ...
International labour law is the body of rules spanning public and private international law which concern the rights and duties of employees, employers, trade unions and governments in regulating Work (human activity) and the workplace. The International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization have been the main international ...
Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code or employment laws are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, employer, and union. Individual labour law concerns employees' rights at work also ...