{"id":47478,"date":"2024-09-05T13:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T08:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=47478"},"modified":"2024-09-05T13:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T08:18:46","slug":"punjab-govt-crackdown-on-child-labor-sets-new-minimum-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-govt-crackdown-on-child-labor-sets-new-minimum-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt crackdown on child labor, sets new minimum age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-bans-police-officials-from-taking-lifts-on-roads-heres-why\/\">Punjab government<\/a> has taken significant steps to protect workers&#8217; rights and prevent child labor. In a meeting chaired by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/cm-maryam-launches-smart-classroom-project-in-collaboration-with-huawei-details-inside\/\">Labor Minister<\/a> Faisal Ayub Khokhar, it was decided to set the minimum employment age at 16 years, exceeding the current legal minimum age of 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>A special task force will be established to ensure the implementation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/nih-confirms-polio-virus-in-lahore-sewage-sample\/\">minimum wage<\/a> of Rs37,000, and workers&#8217; wages will be transferred directly to their bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a complaints cell has been set up within the Labor Department to address workers&#8217; issues promptly.<\/p>\n<p>The government aims to promote labor unions and the right to association and will bring employment agencies under labor laws to safeguard workers&#8217; rights.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, strict action will be taken against child labor across Punjab, with a focus on enforcing the new minimum employment age of 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>These measures demonstrate the Punjab government&#8217;s commitment to protecting workers&#8217; rights and preventing exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government has taken significant steps to protect workers&#8217; rights and prevent child labor. In a meeting chaired by Labor Minister Faisal Ayub Khokhar, it was decided to set the minimum employment age at 16 years, exceeding the current legal minimum age of 14 years. A special task force will be established to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[467,21354,21356,21355],"class_list":["post-47478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-punjab-government","tag-crackdown-on-child-labor","tag-labour-minister-faisal-ayub-khokhar","tag-new-minimum-age-for-labors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47480,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47478\/revisions\/47480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}