NAP Priority Areas
Proposed Actions
Federal
37.
Adopt a National Policy on Home Based Workers (HBW).
38.
Ratify ILO Convention No. 177 (Home Workers).
39.
Ratify ILO Convention No. 189 (Domestic Workers).
Federal and Provincial
40.
Incorporate the terms of all ratified ILO conventions into the legal framework governing the rights of all workers in Pakistan, including those in the informal economy.
41.
Strengthen labour inspection mechanisms, including by ensuring the sufficient funding and capacity of the mechanisms, and conduct regular inspections of business enterprises, including in the informal economy, to safeguard adherence to minimum wage and other labour rights. Ensure inclusion of women as labour inspectors as well.
42.
Conduct a review process of labour laws, standards, and policies to gauge the differentiated impacts or deficits of these laws, standards and policies on women and vulnerable or marginalised workers, including in the informal economy, and identify and enact as required new or amended laws, standards, or policies.
43.
Register all labour, including in the informal economy, and establish, or strengthen existing, Labour Management Information Systems.
44.
Formalise all enterprises, including in the informal economy, and digitise business data.
45.
Formalise and strengthen wage payment mechanisms across all sectors, including the informal economy.
46.
Provide life insurance and ensure compulsory EOBI Registration.
Provincial
47.
Ensure provision of appointment letter or employment contracts as a requirement in the informal economy.
48.
Pass Provincial legislation, or strengthen compliance with existing legislation, on Domestic Workers.
49.
Conduct awareness raising campaigns including mass media drives, capacity-building workshops, and industry-specific campaigns about the unique challenges faced by informal workers and steps needed to address them.
50.
Conduct an Impact Assessment of COVID-19 on the tourism industry (including a gender impact assessment), with a focus on adverse human rights impacts.
