Staff Reorter
Provincial department Human rights and minority affairs hold a training session regarding protection of labor rights in the province at Labor department, Punjab on Tuesday. Training session chaired by Deputy Secretary HR&MA M. Yousaf while labor officers and inspectors on human rights attended the session. DS M.Yousaf said in his address that labor rights are of fundamental importance while Punjab Government already has launched Punjab Labour Policy 2018′ with emphasis on simplifying the existing labour legislation, improving its enforcement through revamping inspection, and rationalisation of labor wages with a shift towards living fair wage.
He said that according to the policy, a copy of which is available with the provincial Labor and Human Resource Department have to formulating the occupational health and safety of laborers and prioritize ‘gradual elimination of child labour’.
The document is full of plans and promises with a hope of formulating a strategy to protect the labor rights. Representatives of labor department told that the department has committed in document a survey of child labour shall be carried out in order to assist the Bureau of Statistics to assess quantum of labor. The Domestic
Workers’ Policy has been prepared by Labor Department with the assent of the government and initiating administrative measures to facilitate women workers at the workplace like establishment of daycare centres, separate washrooms, separate meal places and specific arrangements in notified canteens.
