ISLAMABAD
\nCivil society activists had demanded a regulatory body to resolve the issues of brick kiln workers. Talking to media here on Sunday, Farzana Bari, a human rights activist, said that the majority of the brick kiln workers complained about the low wages of their work, violating the minimum level of wages under labor law and making it hard for them to meet both ends of their lives.
\nShe added that it was revealed that bonded labor, harassment, child labor, exploitation, and not paying minimum wages to employees were common. She said, \u201cWorkers are facing severe challenges, including lack of basic facilities, long working hours, leaves in emergencies, medical facilities, and hazardous working conditions.\u201d
\nAyub Malik, a human rights activist, said, \u201cThere are a number of women who are facing plenty of challenges but continue their work to feed their families.\u201d Afshan Tehseen Bajwa, former Chairperson of the of the National Commission on the Rights of the Child (NCRC), said, \u201cThe brick kiln industry is actually run by businessmen, and owners don\u2019t register their kilns with the labor department so that they don\u2019t have to provide social security and old-age benefits to the workers.\u201d
\nShe said, \u201cTheir living condition is alarming, with a lack of basic amenities throwing them into a vicious cycle of poverty.\u201d She urged the proper implementation of existing laws towards the most neglected sector, whose workers are largely deprived of their legal rights and entitlements and forced to work in unhealthy and unsafe environments, and demanded new laws for their protection and safety. \u2014 DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Civil society activists had demanded a regulatory body to resolve the issues of brick kiln workers. Talking to media here on Sunday, Farzana Bari, a human rights activist, said that the majority of the brick kiln workers complained about the low wages of their work, violating the minimum level of wages under labor law […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-425666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n