{"id":67362,"date":"2020-07-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=67362"},"modified":"2020-07-01T10:06:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T05:06:27","slug":"kp-proposes-imprisonment-first-time-violators-labour-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-proposes-imprisonment-first-time-violators-labour-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"KP proposes imprisonment for first-time violators of labour laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government recently decided to amend its labour laws \u2014 with the proposed amendments allowing for first-time violators to be jailed for up to one year and fined up to PKR 2 million, a news source reported on June 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-open-labourer-facilitation-centres-district-level.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KP govt to open labourer facilitation centres at district level<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The draft for the amendments has been sent to the KP cabinet for discussion and approval at its upcoming meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explaining the proposed changes, KP Labour Minister Shaukat Yousafzai stated that this initiative was aimed at ensuring that the province\u2019s labour laws were strictly followed. He added that this move was prompted due to the absence of any proper mechanisms to punish violators in the current laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the proposed changes have been approved by the cabinet, the amendments will be presented before the provincial assembly for final approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/call-for-labour-rights-granted-construction-workers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM urged to grant formal labour rights to construction sector workers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the measures introduced, first time violators of labour laws could be jailed and fined up to PKR 2 million, while a second offence will result in a two year jail sentence and a PKR 5 million fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government recently decided to amend its labour laws \u2014 with the proposed amendments allowing for first-time violators to be jailed for up to one year and fined up to PKR 2 million, a news source reported on June 29. Read: KP govt to open labourer facilitation centres at district level The draft for the amendments has been sent to the KP cabinet for discussion and approval at its upcoming meeting. Explaining the proposed changes, KP Labour Minister Shaukat Yousafzai stated that this initiative was aimed at ensuring that the province\u2019s labour laws were strictly followed. He added that this move was prompted due to the absence of any proper mechanisms to punish violators in the current laws. After the proposed changes have been approved by the cabinet, the amendments will be presented before the provincial assembly for final approval. Read: PM urged to grant formal labour rights to construction sector workers As per the measures introduced, first time violators of labour laws could be jailed and fined up to PKR 2 million, while a second offence will result in a two year jail sentence and a PKR 5 million fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":60519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[33298,33299],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-kp-proposes-imprisonment-for-first-time-violators-of-labour-laws","9":"tag-labour-laws","10":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP proposes jail for first-time violators of labour laws - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government recently decided to amend its labour laws \u2014 with the proposed amendments allowing for first-time violators to be jailed for up to one year and fined up to PKR 2 million, a news source reported on June 29.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-proposes-imprisonment-first-time-violators-labour-laws.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP proposes jail for first-time violators of labour laws - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government recently decided to amend its labour laws \u2014 with the proposed amendments allowing for first-time violators to be jailed for up to one year and fined up to PKR 2 million, a news source reported on June 29.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-proposes-imprisonment-first-time-violators-labour-laws.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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