{"id":51873,"date":"2019-05-05T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=51873"},"modified":"2019-05-03T18:41:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T13:41:59","slug":"govt-announces-uplift-measures-for-labourers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-announces-uplift-measures-for-labourers.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt announces uplift measures for labourers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: In a publication, the government of Pakistan has announced uplift measures for local and overseas Pakistani labourers. The programme has been entitled \u2018Ehsaas.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The publication notes that 90% of the labour in the country is \u2018ignorant\u2019, and deprived of its social and economic rights.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/industrial-labour-policies-get-punjab-cabinets-nod.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Industrial, labour policies get Punjab cabinet\u2019s nod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plans announced include the following measures for the local domestic helpers, skilled labour, labour working in construction and agriculture sector:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Registration of all the labourers over the next year<\/li>\n<li>Mobile messaging services for the labourers<\/li>\n<li>Introduction of reforms in the labour law<\/li>\n<li>Steps to ensure pension, minimum wages, and safe work environment for the labour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The measures introduced for the overseas Pakistani labourers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detailed briefing on the rights at the time of departure from the country<\/li>\n<li>Increase in the number of Protector of Immigration offices; launching one-window operation at the offices<\/li>\n<li>Increase in the number of community welfare attach\u00e9 at Pakistani embassies<\/li>\n<li>Low-cost air tickets for labourers abroad who have been unable to return home for more than 7 years.<\/li>\n<li>Negotiations with various countries about minimum 3-year job agreements for the labourers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: In a publication, the government of Pakistan has announced uplift measures for local and overseas Pakistani labourers. The programme has been entitled \u2018Ehsaas.\u2019 The publication notes that 90% of the labour in the country is \u2018ignorant\u2019, and deprived of its social and economic rights. Read:\u00a0Industrial, labour policies get Punjab cabinet\u2019s nod The plans announced include the following measures for the local domestic helpers, skilled labour, labour working in construction and agriculture sector: Registration of all the labourers over the next year Mobile messaging services for the labourers Introduction of reforms in the labour law Steps to ensure pension, minimum wages, and safe work environment for the labour &nbsp; The measures introduced for the overseas Pakistani labourers include: Detailed briefing on the rights at the time of departure from the country Increase in the number of Protector of Immigration offices; launching one-window operation at the offices Increase in the number of community welfare attach\u00e9 at Pakistani embassies Low-cost air tickets for labourers abroad who have been unable to return home for more than 7 years. Negotiations with various countries about minimum 3-year job agreements for the labourers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":34938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11540],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-govt-announces-uplift-measures-for-labourers"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt announces uplift measures for labourers - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: In a publication, the government of Pakistan has announced uplift measures for local and overseas Pakistani labourers. 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