PUBLICATIONS
  1. Factories Act 1934
  2. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Factories Act 2013
  3. Sindh Factories Act 2015
  4. The Shops and Establishments Ordinance 1969 – Applicable in Islamabad and Balochistan
  5. The Punjab Shops and Establishments Ordinance 1969
  6. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shops and Establishments Act 2015
  7. The Sindh Shops and Commercial Establishment Act 2015
  8. The Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Order) Ordinance 1968 – Applicable in Islamabad, Punjab and Balochistan
  9. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Order) Act 2013
  10. Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Act 1976
  11. Sindh Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Act 2014
  12. The Sindh Terms of Employment (Standing Orders) Act 2015
  13. Mines Act 1923
  14. Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1973
  15. Road Transport Workers Ordinance 1961
  16. Employer’s Liability Act 1938
  17. Workmen’s Compensation Act 1923 (as amended by the Workmen’s Compensation Act 2013)
  18. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Workers’ Compensation Act 2013
  19. Sindh Workers’ Compensation Act 2016
  20. Provincial Employees Social Security Ordinance, 1965
  21. The Sindh Employees Social Security Act, 2016
  22. Revised Punjab Leave Rules 1981
  23. Workers Welfare Fund Ordinance 1971 (as amended in 2008)
  24. Sindh Workers Welfare Fund Act 2014
  25. Workers Children (Education) Ordinance 1972
  26. Companies Profit (Workers Participation) Act 1968
  27. Punjab Factories Rules 1978
  28. Weekly Holidays Act 1942
  29. West Pakistan Minimum Wage Rules 1962
  30. The Minimum Wages Ordinance 1961 – Applicable in Islamabad, Punjab and Balochistan
  31. Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers Ordinance, 1969
  32. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minimum Wages Act 2013
  33. Sindh Minimum Wages Act 2015
  34. Minimum Wage Rules 1962
  35. Payment of Wages Act 1936
  36. Payment of Wages Rules 1960
  37. Employee Cost of Living (Relief) Act, 1973
  38. West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance 1958
  39. Provincial Employees Social Security Ordinance 1965
  40. Sindh Provincial Employees Social Security Act 2016
  41. Mines Maternity Benefits Act 1941
  42. Punjab Maternity Benefits Ordinance 1958
  43. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Maternity Benefits Act 2013
  44. Civil Servants Leave Rules 1968
  45. Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010
  46. Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act, 2014
  47. Punjab Factories Rules 1978
  48. Metalliferous Mines Regulations 1926
  49. Coal Mines Regulation 1923
  50. Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance 1981 – Applicable in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (amended by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Amendment Act, 2012)
  51. Sindh Differently Abled Persons (Employment, Rehabilitation and Welfare) Act 2014
  52. Hazardous Occupation Rules (Silicon) 2015
  53. Dock Laborers Act 1934
  54. Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1974
  55. The Agricultural Pesticide Rules, 1973 (as amended in 2007)
  56. Hazardous Substance Rules 2003
  57. Punjab Mining Concession Rules 2002
  58. Balochistan Mineral Rules 2002
  59. Sindh Mining Concession Rules 2002
  60. NWFP Mining Concession Rules 2005
  61. Punjab Coal Mines Rescue Rules 1988
  62. Electricity Act 1910
  63. Electricity Rules 1937
  64. Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002
  65. Industrial Relations Act 2012
  66. Punjab Industrial Relations Act 2010
  67. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Industrial Relations Act 2010
  68. Balochistan Industrial Relations Act 2010
  69. Sindh Industrial Relations Act 2013
  70. Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992
  71. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 2015
  72. Sindh Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 2015
  73. Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance, 2002
  74. Section 374 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860
  75. Section 491 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898
  76. Employment of Children Act 1991
  77. Employment of Children Rules 1995
  78. Punjab Prohibition of Child Labour at Brick Kilns Act, 2016
  79. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prohibition of Employment of Children Act 2015
  80. Sindh Prohibition of Employment of Children Act 2017
  81. Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Act 2016
  82. Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933
  83. Explosives Act 1884
  84. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Explosives Act 2013
  85. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2017
  1. BHR Guidelines
  2. United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
  3. OHCHR Guidance on Human Rights Due Diligence
  4. Human Rights Due Diligence Training Facilitation Guide
  1. Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate, in International Human Rights Law, the Activities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises
  1. Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
  2. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
  3. Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
  4. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
  5. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
  6. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
  7. Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
  8. Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
  9. Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81)
  10. Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)
  11. Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1)
  12. Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 6)
  13. Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 11)
  14. Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14)
  15. Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921 (No. 16)
  16. Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 (No. 18)
  17. Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19)
  18. Seamen’s Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22)
  19. Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32)
  20. Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45)
  21. Final Articles Revision Convention, 1946 (No. 80)
  22. Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 89)
  23. Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 90)
  24. Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96)
  25. Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106)
  26. Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957 (No. 107)
  27. Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957 (No. 107)
  28. Final Articles Revision Convention, 1961 (No. 116)
  29. Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118)
  30. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159)
  31. Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185)
  1. OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
  2. OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains
  3. OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in Conflict-Affected and High-Risk areas
  4. OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector
  5. ISO 26000 – Guidance on Social Responsibility
  6. IFC Performance Standards
  7. The ETI Base Code
  1. German National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights adopted in 2016
  2. UK National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights adopted in 2016
  3. National Action Plan of the United States of America on Responsible Business Conduct adopted in 2016
  4. China’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights adopted in 2016
  1. National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights – A Toolkit for the Development, Implementation and Review of State Commitments to Business and Human Rights Frameworks
  2. Guidance on National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
  1. National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
  2. Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
  3. Database of Company Human Rights Policies

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