KARACHI - President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday said that the Pakistani nation was making progress despite challenges and problems.While addressing the prize distribution
Social security coverage urged
February 4, 2021
KARACHI: Employers should provide full coverage of social security benefits to their employees to reap the fruit of improved enterprise productivity.
This was stated by Zaki Ahmed Khan, vice president of EFP, while addressing awareness raising meetings with the employers on social security schemes in Sindh.
These meetings were organised by Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) in collaboration with ILO at the SITE Association of Trade and Industry and the Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan.
Khan said that only 42 percent of the secured workers were covered under the social security scheme and it was the need of the hour that this coverage should be increased so that the scope of benefit provided to workers through employers’ contribution may be widened to the maximum number of eligible workers.
‘Expand social protection cover for workers’
Employers should provide complete social protection coverage for their employees to improve their enterprise s productivity, said Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) vice-president Zaki Ahmed Khan on Tuesday.
He expressed these views while addressed an awareness session focused on social security schemes in Sindh. The session was jointly organised by the EFP and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Khan pointed out that just 42 per cent of secured workers were covered under social security schemes and increasing the coverage of these schemes was the need of the hour, so that most number of employees could benefit from them.
KARACHI: The Employers’ Federation of Pakistan is holding its well sought and prestigious event “Employer of the Year Award 2019/20” for the eighth year on March 16, 2021, a.