INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE

1968: -standing-orders-ordinance-1968Summary of the whole act and the

video: Industrial and commercial employment ordinance was formed in
1968 formed when parliament is not in session. Under this ordinance
procedures of dismiss and termination, labor categories , benefits of
labor like provident fund and gratuity and working hours and wage rate
plan is discussed. The ordinance is still valid with the name of West
Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Ordinance as this ordinance has
not been passed by the parliament but unanimously accepted. The
ordinance also provides procedures and plan for compulsory group
insurance in case of sudden death of any permanent employee.
The ordinance also explains various classification of permanent
and temporary establishments are also defined. The West Pakistan
Industrial & Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance,
1968commonly known as Standing Orders provide for, among other
things, the terms and conditions of service, insurance of the
permanent workers employed by the employer, payment of bonuses,
stoppage of work, and termination of employment of the workers in the
industrial and commercial establishments in Pakistan. The ordinance also
suggests that every employee and worker should be aware of all the
rights mention in the ordinance. The labor inspectors are responsible
to inspect the documents such as appointment letter, charge sheets,
employee’s job description and other documents. In case of any
misconduct by any employee the management stance and action
should also be documented. 80% of the labor hiring inPakistan are
verbal and no documents are maintained, while factory inspector do not
fulfill their duties and management mostly bribe them in order to hide
this crime.The whole ordinance is as follows:1. LABOR LAWS IN
PAKISTAN The Constitution of Pakistan contains a range of
provisions withregards tambour rights found in Part II: Fundamental
Rights and Principles of Policy.• Article 11 of theConstitution
prohibits all forms of slavery, forced labor and child labor;•
Article 17 provides for afundamental right to exercise the freedom
of association and the right to form unions;• Article 18 proscribes
the right of its citizens to enter upon any lawful profession or
occupation and to conduct anylawful trade or business;• Article 25
lays down the right to equality before the law and prohibition of
discrimination on the grounds of sex alone;• Article 37(e) makes
provision for securing just and humane conditions of work, ensuring
that children and women are not employed in vocations unsuited to
their age or sex, and for maternity benefits for women unemployment.
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