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Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

The Sindh Payment of Wages Act, 2015 (Sindh Act No.VI of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-01-30 | Date of entry into force: 2017-03-10 | PAK-2017-L-104993

An Act to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of persons employed in factories, Industrial and commercial establishments in the Province of Sindh.

The provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 in its application to the Province of Sindh, are hereby repealed.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act No.VII of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-02-16 | PAK-2016-L-101671

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Sindh Minimum Wages Act, 2015 (Sindh Act No.VIII of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-01-25 | Date of entry into force: 2016-04-07 | PAK-2016-L-102145

The Act provides for the regulation of minimum rates of wages and various allowances for different categories of workers employed in certain industrial and commercial undertakings and establishments.

Repeals the following Acts to the extent they apply to the Province of Sindh:
(i) Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961 (Ordinance No.XXXIX of 1961);
(ii) the Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers Ordinance, 1969 (W.P.Ord.No.XX of 1969);
(iii) the Employees Cost of Living Allowance (Relief) Act, 1973.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act 2014 (VII of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014 | PAK-2014-L-96230

The text makes numerous amendments to the Payment of Wages Act of 1936 which apply to the Punjab.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minimum Wages Act, 2013 [No. XII of 2013].

Adoption: 2013-03-19 | PAK-2013-L-99249

Provides minimum wages for workers employed in industrial and commercial establishments.

Repeals the following Acts to the extent they apply to the Province:
1. Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961;
2. West Pakistan Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers Ordinance, 1969; and
3. Employees' Cost of Living (Relief) Act 1973;

Also repeals the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Payment of Dearness Allowance to Certain Employees) Ordinance 1991 [No. II of 1991].

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Payment of Wages Act, 2013 [No. IX of 2013].

Adoption: 2013-02-01 | PAK-2013-L-99250

Regulates the payment of wages to workers in factories, industrial and commercial establishments in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Repeals the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (No. 4 of 1936) to the extent it applies to the Province.

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

West Pakistan Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (No. 57 of 2001).

Adoption: 2001-10-22 | PAK-2001-R-63804

Amends West Pakistan Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers Ordinance, 1969. Word "West" in "West Pakistan" shall be omitted. Also provides for new definition of "wages". Wages include cost of living allowance as admissible under Employees Cost of Living (Relief) Act, 1973, and special allowance announced by Government, from time to time, before commencement of West Pakistan Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001.

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1993 (No. 23 of 1993)

Adoption: 1993-09-25 | PAK-1993-R-37978

Amends the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 with regard to payment of compensation; the West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958 concerning entitlement to maternity benefit; the Provincial Employees' Social Security Ordinance, 1965 with regard to age limits, length of payment of benefit, survivors' benefit where the survivor is a female spouse, medical care of dependants and related matters; the Workers' Children (Education) Ordinance, 1972, with regard to collection and administration of "cess"; and the Employees' Old-Age Benefits Act, 1976, with regard to entitlement to old-age pension and survivors' benefits.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

West Pakistan Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers (Amendment) Act, 1993 (No. 9 of 1993)

Adoption: 1993-04-10 | Date of entry into force: 1992-07-01 | PAK-1993-L-35681

Substitutes definitions of "month" and "wages", and replaces Schedule setting out rate of minimum wages per month, deduction for providing housing accomodation, and deduction for providing transport.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Employees' Cost of Living (Relief) (Amendment) Act, 1992 (No. 27 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-12-15 | Date of entry into force: 1990-12-01 | PAK-1992-L-35138

Provides that every employee shall, in respect of his employment on or after 1 December 1990, whether on time-work or piece-work basis, be paid by his employer a cost of living allowance at such rate and in such area or areas as the Federal Government may specify.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Balochistan Employees Special Allowance Act, 1992 (Act No. V of 1992). -

Adoption: 1992-05-11 | PAK-1992-L-49128

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employees' Cost of Living (Relief) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1991 (No. 19 of 1991)

Adoption: 1991-06-29 | PAK-1991-R-26456

Amends the Employees' Cost of Living (Relief) Act of 1973 by providing for an additional cost of living increase of up to twenty-five percent of wages as the Government may specify.

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

North-West Frontier Province (Payment of Dearness Allowance to Certain Employees) Ordinance 1991 (N.W.F.P. Ordinance No. II of 1991)

Adoption: 1991-02-10 | PAK-1991-R-26470

Provides a "dearness allowance" for employees whose monthly wages do not exceed two thousand five hundred and eighty-five rupees of two hundred rupees per month. Includes provisions for setting off the allowance under certain circumstances, a stipulation that the allowance is not considered to be a part of wages for other purposes, and a penalty for non-complying employers. Consolidated text in: M. Shafi, Complete Set of Labour Laws (Karachi: Bureau of Labour Publications, various editions).

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Sindh Employees Special Allowance (Payment)(Amendment) Ordinance, 1990 (Sindh Ordinance No. 8 of 1990)

Adoption: 1990-12-31 | PAK-1990-R-26524

Amends the Sind Employees Special Allowance (Payment) Act, 1986 to provide a special allowance for employees earning below two thousand five hundred and eighty-five rupees per month of an additional two hundred rupees monthly.

Pakistan - Wages - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Award of the Sixth Wage Commission for Banks and Financial Institutions (S.R.O. 1114(I)/90)

Adoption: 1990-10-22 | PAK-1990-M-28006

This Notification publishes the decision and report of the Wage Commission for Banks and Financial Institutions. That Commission was responsible for fixing rates of wages and determining all the other terms of employment for workers in the banking industry.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Punjab Employees' Special Allowance (Payment) Act, 1986 (No. 2 of 1989). -

Adoption: 1988-12-31 | PAK-1988-L-49126

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Sindh Employees Special Allowance (Payment) Act (No. 10 of 1986) [amended and annotated up to 1993].

Adoption: 1986-11-18 | PAK-1986-L-49127

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 1977. No. 9.

Adoption: 1977-01-28 | PAK-1977-R-13344

An Ordinance further to amend certain laws relating to industrial relations and welfare of workers. No. IX. Amends the Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 (LS 1923-Ind.1...1942-Ind.3), the Factories Act 1934 (LS 1946-Ind.1, 1947-Ind. 3), the Payment of Wages Act 1936 (LS 1936-Ind.1), the Employment of Children Act 1938 (LS 1938-Ind.5...1955-Pak.1), the Companies Profits (Workers' Participation) Act 1968 (LS 1968-Pak.4), the West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance 1969 (LS 1969-Pak.1) and the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969 (LS 1973-Pak.1).

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Labour Laws (Amendment) Act 1976 (No. 11).

Adoption: 1976-04-12 | PAK-1976-L-13718

An Act further to amend certain laws relating to industrial relations and welfare of workers. Repeals the Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 1975 (No. XXVI) and amends the Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 (LS 1923-Ind. 1...1942-Ind.3), the Payment of Wages Act 1936 (LS 1936-Ind.1), the West Pakistan Employees' Social Security Ordinance 1965, the Companies Profits (Workers' Participation) Act 1968-Pak.4), the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance 1968 (LS 1968-Pak.1) and the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969 (LS 1973-Pak.1 (consolidation), 1974-Pak.1).

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Labour Laws (Amendment) Act 1975. No. 11.

Adoption: 1975-01-25 | PAK-1975-L-14337

An Act further to amend certain laws relating to the welfare of workers. No. XI. Amends the Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 (LS 1923 - Ind. 1...1942 - Ind. 3), the Factories Act 1934 (LS 1946 - Ind. 1 (consolidation), 1947 - Ind. 3), the Payment of Wages Act 1936 (LS 1936 - Ind. 1), the Companies Profits (Workers' participation) Act 1968 (LS 1968 - Pak.4), the Workers' Children (Education) Ordinance 1972; and the Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1973, and repeals the Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 1974 (XII of 1974).

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Employees' Cost of Living (Relief) Act 1973 [No. 1 of 1974]. -

Adoption: 1973-12-31 | PAK-1973-L-5287

Provides for a cost of living allowance for employees and sets forth the conditions for granting it. Consolidated text in: M. Shafi, Complete Set of Labour Laws (Karachi: Bureau of Labour Publications, various editions).

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act 1973 (No. 17).

Adoption: 1973-02-04 | PAK-1973-L-15777

An Act further to amend the Payment of Wages Act l936 [LS 1936 - Ind. 1]. Inter alia, repeals the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance l972 (No. XLV of l972).

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Companies' Profit (Workers' Participation) (Amendment) Act 1973 (No. 20).

Adoption: 1973-02-04 | PAK-1973-L-15778

An Act further to amend the Companies' Profits (Workers' Participation) Act 1968 [LS 1968 - Pak. 4].

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 1972 (No. 9).

Adoption: 1972-04-13 | PAK-1972-R-16808

An Ordinance further to amend certain laws relating to industrial relations and the welfare of workers. Amends, inter alia, the Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 (LS 1923 - Ind. 1 ... 1942 - Ind. 3) (amends s. 4 (1) and inserts a new s. 18A and new Schedules I (list of injuries) and IV (compensation payable)), the Factories Act 1934 (LS 1946 - Ind. 1, 1947 - Ind. 3) (inserts a new Ch. III (Health and Safety) and amends ss. 58B, 60, 64 and 74), the Payment of Wages Act 1936 (LS 1936 - Ind. 1) (ends s. 1 and inserts a new s. 21A), the West Pakistan Employees' Social Security Ordinance 1965 (No. X of 1965) (amends Ch. VA (Medical treatment of Domestic Servants)), the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance 1968 (adds new ss. 7A, 10A (group incentive scheme), 10B (compulsory group insurance) and 10C (payment of bonus)), the Companies Profits (Workers'Participation) Act 1968 (LS 1968 - Pak. 4) (amends s. 3 (1) and the schedule), the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969 (LS 1969 - Pak.2) (inter alia, amends ss. 2, 7, 7A, 22, 22A and 23, inserts new ss. 23A (shop stewards as link between labour and management), 23B (workers' Participation in management), 25A (redress of individual grievances) and 34A (raising of industrial dispute by a federation) and replaces ss. 26 (negotiations relating to differences and disputes) and 28 (notice of strike or lockout)) and the Workers' Welfare Fund Ordinance 1971 (No. XXXVI of 1971).

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Minimum Wages (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (W.P. Ord. XI of 1970). -

Adoption: 1970-04-20 | PAK-1970-R-86165

In the Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961, after section 9, a new section is inserted concerning the powers of the Provincial Government hear claims concerning wage disputes.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Punjab Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers Ordinance, 1969 (XX of 1969). -

Adoption: 1969-09-01 | PAK-1969-L-102104

The Federal Act was amended by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 2013 replacing "Pakistan" with "Punjab" in article 1 concerning extent of application.

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

S.R.O. 161(I)/69: Companies Profit (Workers' Participation) Rules 1969.

Adoption: 1969-07-12 | PAK-1969-R-17803

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers Ordinance, 1969 (W.P. Ord. XX of 1969). (The West Pakistan Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers Ordinance, 1969) -

Adoption: 1969-07-01 | PAK-1969-R-86162

An Ordinance to fix the minimum rates of wages for unskilled workers employed in certain commercial and industrial establishments in West Pakistan.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Companies' Profit (Workers' Participation) Act 1968 (No. 12). -

Adoption: 1968-07-04 | PAK-1968-L-18478

An Act to provide for the participation of workers in the profits of companies. Consolidated text in: M. Shafi, Complete Set of Labour Laws (Karachi: Bureau of Labour Publications, various editions).

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

West Pakistan Minimum Wages Rules, 1962.

Adoption: 1962 | PAK-1962-R-50113

Consolidated text.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961 (XXXIX of 1961). -

Adoption: 1961-09-29 | PAK-1961-L-96234

This Act was amended by the Provincial Government of Punjab with the adoption of the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act 2012 (XV of 2012) which substituted the word "Pakistan" for "Punjab" in the scope of application, making this an Act specifically for the Punjab.

Pakistan - Wages - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961 (No. XXXIX of 1961). -

Adoption: 1961-09-28 | PAK-1961-R-50112

Consolidated text.

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (No. IV of 1936). -

Adoption: 1936-04-23 | PAK-1936-L-49125

Pakistan - Wages - Law, Act

Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (No. IV of 1936). -

Adoption: 1936-04-23 | PAK-1936-L-102100

The Federal Act was amended by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act 2014 (VII of 2014) substituting "Pakistan" for "Punjab".