KARACHI: The Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) has launched a campaign to register all workers employed with federal institutions in Karachi for their welfare, said a statement on Monday.

It also asked all the federal institutions to cooperate with the provincial organisation for maximum registration of their workers.

To make the campaign more effective, it said, the SESSI has launched an awareness campaigns and sessions for labourers, trade unions and employers in the areas adjacent to Saddar, Keamari, KPT and West Wharf by the SESSI to brief them about the facilities provided by the SESSI.

In West Wharf, KPT and Keamari areas, SESSI deputy director Malik Zameer Ahmed Awan with his team held meetings with workers and employers in different offices, said the statement.

“The main task of SESSI is to register workers along with industrial and commercial establishments and provide medical treatment to workers and their dependents,” the statement quoted Mr Awan a saying. “Apart from this, pension and cash benefits are also provided to workers. The Sindh labour department is making every effort to increase the registration of workers, for which the cooperation of trade unions, including employers, is needed.”

He asked the federal institutions not to create unnecessary hurdles for the SESSI officers at establishments that fell within their jurisdictions.

“We want to make it clear that in the coming days, labourers will also be registered in government institutions where private administration and contractors are working. In this regard, correspondence has been started with Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi Port Trust and some other institutions,” he added

Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2023