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Home-based workers earn as little as Rs50 an hour
LAHORE: Home-based workers in Pakistan continue to face severe economic exploitation, with some earning as little as Rs50 an hour despite years of inflation and rising electricity bills, speakers said at an event marking International Home-Based Workers Day. Trade union representatives and grassroots workers highlighted stagnant piece-rate wages, unpaid labour, occupational health hazards, gender-based pay discrimination, workplace harassment and the lack of social protection for women working in the informal sector. Speakers said workers’ earnings had remained unchanged for three years despit...
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