Labor Conventionsand and Laws Punjab has promulgated a specific law on child labor as follows: The Prohibition of Child Labor at Brick Kilns Act, 2016 However, there is no general law against the employment of children below the age of 15 years. According to the latest Labor Force Survey of 2017-18 there are 2.9 million child workers aged 10 to 14 years. This includes 1.7 male children and 1.2 million female children. Fortunately, the number of child workers is declining and has fallen by 8 percent since 2013-14. Overall, there is need for legislation by the Provincial Governments on the following labor-related laws: Equal Remuneration Law Elimination of Discrimination in Employment Law Prohibition of Child Labor Law 28.2. Improving Implementation of Labor Laws The fundamental problem has been effective implementation of existing laws especially from the viewpoint of institutional capacity. The Provincial Governments have Labor Departments, which primarily perform inspection functions of enterprises. Unfortunately, these Departments lack capacity. For example, the Labor Department in Sindh has a budget of only 0.08 percent of the total budget of all Provincial Departments. The recommendations are as follows: • There should be a Labor Officer(in BPS-19) in each district of a Province with supporting staff. The Provincial headquarters should possess enough legal capacity to frame improvements in laws for submission to the Provincial Assembly after Provincial cabinet approval. Also, there is need for development of a comprehensive Labor Information Management System(LIMS). • Labor courts have been established to resolve disputes and complaints. There is need to ensure enough benches of these Courts. The policy should be to have at least one Labor Court in each Division of Province. The labor courts should be required to give judgement within 30 days of the lodging of a case. • The process of registration of trade unions should be facilitated and made easier. Efforts should be made to promote the formation of industry level trade unions, to act as a counter to the existing powerful Employer Associations at the industry level. The requirement for appointment as a Collective Bargaining Agent(CBA) of at least one third of the employment should be relaxed. 297