Pakistan has 68.75 million workers. More than half of the working-age population does not join the labour force due to one of the lowest female labour force participation rates in…
Pakistan is home to millions of microenterprises that employ less than ten workers each. Microenterprises employ nearly 45 percent of the employed labour force or 81 percent of Pakistan’s non-agricultural…
More than 100 years ago, the International Labor Organization adopted the Maternity Protection Convention 1919 (No 3) suggesting 12 weeks of paid maternity leave, free healthcare during and after pregnancy,…
The government of Punjab enacted a new ordinance titled "Punjab Prohibition of Child Labor at Brick Kilns Ordinance 2016" in January 2016 prohibiting employment of children (under the age of…
