The government aims to formulate Labour Protection Policy (LPP) by 2004 to ensure protection to workers' rights in all sectors, fair working conditions, enhancing labour productivity, encourage enterprise efficiency and competitiveness, and to meet SA 8000.
According to an official source, the formulation of Labour Inspection Policy (LIP) is also under process to adopt innovative approach to labour inspection that is flexible, transparent, and fair; encourage enterprise compliance with labour policies and laws; and increased harmony and dispute prevention in enterprises between workers and managers.
The LPP and LIP will reflect the government's objective of promoting business opportunities, enhancing productivity, and improving competitiveness, consistent with the need to allow ensure that workers are adequately protected and are in a position to benefit from the nation's economic progress.
Currently, there are large number of labour laws, rules and regulations that cover a variety of subjects relating to industrial relations.
After a comprehensive review, the government is consolidating and rationalising various labour laws into six broad categories, in line with ILO conventions ratified by the Pakistan, to reduce cost of doing business that include (i) Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002; (ii) employment conditions; (iii) wages; (iv) human resource development and control of employment; (v) occupational safety and health; and (vi) labour welfare and social safety nets.
The corresponding legislation is at different stages of promulgation, stakeholders consultation, and drafting. The government has already decentralised the Workers' Welfare Fund that will be utilised to establish educational facilities in every district, provision of scholarships for higher education and stipends for the children of workers and is aiming to develop Labour Market Information System at Federal and Provincial levels to provide comprehensive and reliable statistics on the labour force and job market to facilitate informed decision making.
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