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Labour Force Participation

Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex

Beijing +25	9. Informal employment as a percentage of total non-agricultural employment, by sex
SDG Goal	8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG Target	8.8. Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
SDG Indicator	8.8.2. Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status
Qualitative Indicator	18a: The state shall not prevent the regulation of any trade or profession by a licensing system...See details

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Constitutional & Legal Provisions
18a: The state shall not prevent the regulation of any trade or profession by a licensing system
Article 27(1): Safeguard against discrimination in services
Article 34: Full participation of women in National Life
National Labour Law profile: Article 49C Pay during holidays
Article 17 provides for a fundamental right to exercise the freedom of association and the right to form unions
Article 25: lays down the right to equality before the law and prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sex alone;
Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946
Industrial Dispute Act 1926
Factories Act 1934
Trade Union (Amendment) Ordinance 1960
The West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance 1969
The West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment
(Standing Orders) Ordinance 1968

Policy & Institutional Arrangements
The labour Policy 2010