Home-based workers are not covered well by the existing social assistance schemes targeted at the poorest
Home-based workers are a significant part of our economy. They are engaged in many sectors and are integrated into both domestic and global supply chains. The Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected the lives and livelihoods of informal workers across South Asia. Organisations of HBWs in the region have been constantly monitoring the situation for their members through their grassroots leaders since March 2020.
Thirteen organisations from 12 locations, including HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) in seven countries in the region, participated in the study to evaluate what women HBWs are experiencing during the Covid-19 crisis and released the study titled,
Home Based Workers Policy draft finalized
95 percent work had been completed on the construction of 2056 labour flats
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The government has drafted Home-Based Workers Bill and Home-Based Workers Policy.
Similarly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Occupational Safety and Health Bill has also been drafted and vetted which will soon be presented to the provincial cabinet. This was told during a meeting regarding reforms being introduced in Labour Department held here with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair.
The meeting reviewed in detail the progress made so far by the provincial government on various reform initiatives in labour sector. Matters related to the devolution of various subjects of labour sector from federal to the provincial government also came under discussion.