This document lists 34 key labour laws in Pakistan as of June 2015, including laws covering apprenticeships, boilers and pressure vessels, bonded labour, employment of children, employee participation in company profits, employment control, cost of living relief for employees, dock labourers, employment of disabled persons, emigration, essential services maintenance, export processing zones, factories and factory canteens, protection against harassment of women at work, industrial relations, maternity benefits, merchant shipping, mines, newspaper employees' conditions of service, employees' old age benefits, provident funds, railways, road transport workers, record of employment service, shops and establishments, social security, industrial employment standing orders, industrial statistics, minimum wages, payment of

1. A Complete List of Labour Laws of Pakistan
June 2015

2. 1. Apprenticeship Ordinance 1962
2. Boilers & Pressure Vessels Ordinance 2002
3. Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1992
4. Employment of Children Act 1991
5. Companies Profits (Worker’ Participation) Act
1968
6. Control of Employment Ordinance 1965
7. Employees’ Cost of Living (Relief) Act 1973

3. 8. Dock Labourers Act 1934
9. Disabled Person (Employment and
Rehabilitation) Ordinance 1981
10. Emigration Ordinance 1979
11. Pakistan Essential Services (Maintenance)
Act 1952
12. Export Processing Zone Authority Ordinance
1980

4. 13. Factories Act 1934
14. West Pakistan Factories Canteens Rules
1959
15. Protection against Harassment of Women
at Workplace Act 2010
16. Industrial Relations Act 2012
17. West Pakistan Maternity Benefits Ordinance
1958
18. Merchant Shipping Ordinance 2001

5. 19. Mines Act 1923
20. Newspaper Employees (Condition of
Service) Act 1973
21. Employees Old Age Benefits Act 1976
22. Provident Funds Act 1925
23. Railway Act 1890
24. Road Transport Workers Ordinance 1961
25. Employment (Record of Service) Act 1951

6. 26. West Pakistan Shops and Establishments
Ordinance 1969
27. Provincial Employees Social Security
Ordinance 1965
28. Industrial and Commercial Employment
(Standing Orders) Ordinance 1968
29. Industrial Statistics Act 1942
30. Minimum Wages Ordinance 1961

7. 31. Payment of Wages Act 1936
32. Workers Children (Education) Ordinance
1972
33. Workers Welfare Fund Ordinance 1971
34. Workmen’s Compensation Act 1923