Protecting the Rights of The Industrial Workers: Development of Provincial Labor Laws in Pakistan after the 18th Constitutional Amendment

Abstract

This paper presents a review of the labor laws enacted in different provinces of Pakistan after the 18^th constitutional amendment that devolves the labor department to the provinces. This step marks a significant change in the labor legislation in Pakistan as old colonial era labor laws were updated and some new laws were also introduced. This study seeks to trace the origin of labor laws in Pakistan and their subsequent development within the broader constitutional framework. Along with this, we present a comparative analysis of the labor laws enacted by the provincial governments after the 18^th amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan. This study seeks to document the labor laws development from independence to the present times.