The amendment of relevant labour laws to increase the minimum age of working up to 16 years has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. This is in terms of the legal provisions applicable to labours to suit the legal provisions describing the compulsory age of schooling as 16 years. Accordingly, the Legal Draftsman has formulated the drafted laws for the amendment of the following acts and regulations:– Act (Regularizing the employer and wages) on shops and office employees No. 47 of 1956– The ordinance from which the minimum wages (lndian Labourers) were amended (Authority 135)– Factories Ordinance No. 11573 dated 31.10.1958 formulated under the provisions of the Employees Provident Fund No.

Source: The Nation September 17, 2020 08:02 UTC