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Labour in Punjab
The new policy presents both promises and challenges.
Parvez Rahim
Status of workers
There are still many unethical employment practices at play in Pakistan.
Supporting workers
Efforts to help employees may go beyond an organisation’s domain.
Labour amendments
Some key laws should go back to the centre.
Neglected priority
Will labour finally get the attention it needs?
Social security
Many of Sindh’s workers have benefits, but only in theory.
Outsourcing
Employers can no longer exploit workers’ status.
Devolving labour
Many legal issues involve trans-provincial firms.
Work negotiations
Handling unions’ demands wisely is less costly in the long run.
Share in profits
Many employers are not contributing to the EOBI.
Taking the lead
Sindh’s new labour policy is highly ambitious.
Labour judgement
It’s time to regularise the services of contractual workers.
NON-FICTION: JOURNEY TO ENLIGHTENMENT
Documenting the educational revolution since 1946 in Gilgit-Baltistan
Office politics
First-time employees may not be aware of company intrigues.
Trade unions
The evolution of collective bargaining rights has been patchy.
Workers’ suffering
The failure to devolve labour laws has caused confusion.
Managing IR
A tit-for-tat policy does not work in industrial relations.
Minimum wages
Pakistan would do well to heed the ILO’s advice.
Training in IR
Managing industrial relations requires specific skills.
Corporate culture
Why does productivity vary from company to company?