Comparison of Pakistani Labor Laws with International Labor Laws
Autor: mani_204 • June 11, 2011 • Essay • 973 Words (4 Pages) • 2,304 Views
Comparison of Pakistani labor laws with international labor laws:
Before going towards any comparison I want to clear one thing that laws are not something super natural things, or something out of mind these are your norms, culture religious values, and traditions that are imposed on you with little amendments and legal authority. The laws of any country are so inflexible with these above things that even the cruelest dictators cannot made laws against these above mentioned parts of human society.
So we can say that one law is good for one country cannot be the best for other.
Flaws in Pakistani labor laws:
The major flaws in Pakistan labor laws are as follow……
1. Structural flaws:
Structural flaws in the social, political and economic systems of the country exclude the vast majority of workers from attaining fundamental rights. Successive political and military regimes made false promises to the labor force but failed to evolve a comprehensive social protection system- because of their own immoral and illegal vested interests.
2. Agriculture legislation:
47% of labor force is within the agriculture sector but unfortunately there is no institute or ordinance in legislation to safeguard there rights.
3. Laws are not inherent with fundamental needs of society:
The constitution of Pakistan clearly defines that most of laws are British made according to the act of 1934 and 1936, but we need to understand that these are not even acceptable to our vast majority, because we have a distinguish historical and religious background, and our rights and wrong differ from them.
4. Privatization:
Privatization of industry that has increasingly become a trend in Pakistan ’s economy. IMF loans to the Pakistani government. The loans came with stipulations to withdraw government electricity subsidies and privatizing service industries. One of the goals of the loan was to “ensure social stability and adequate support for the poor workers,” but in reality it has the opposite effect.
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