UNISAME URGES SME UNITS TO MAKE THEIR WORKERS COMFORTABLE

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises  (UNISAME) advised it’s members and entrepreneurs to recognize the dignity of labour and make life comfortable for their employees who play an important role in the success of any business at a May Day commemoration meeting of SMEs.

President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said fair wages is no charity but a right of the worker and under no circumstances a worker can be deprived of fair wages besides the regular employees even the contractual employees have their rights and the entrepreneurs must shoulder responsibilities.

He urged the SMEs to provide medical facilities and proper work environment and other benefits to their work force and above all recognize the dignity of labour and respect them and reward them for their hard work with bonuses.

Thaver insisted that the workers be paid the minimum wages and overtime as per law and warned the officials not to overlook and neglect action against those units not complying with labour laws and factories act. He said it is very painful to learn that some units are employing workers below the minimum wage and obtaining their receipts on  full amounts. This is very shameful and UNISAME condemns this malpractice. UNISAME also condemns child labour and pleaded with all units to immediately remove all child labour from their units.

He urged the government to increase the minimum wages in the forthcoming budget in ratio to the inflation and appoint a joint committee to fix the minimum wages on the basis of cost of living and fairness.

Concluding his talk at a local club he emphasized the need of the hour to treat the work force well and appreciated the role of the philanthropist and the business community who he said without doubt are concerned about their employees and providing them lunch free or at subsidized rates or on at cost basis prepared in their own canteens.

He urged all units employing more workers to facilitate their workers with uniforms, food, medical facilities and retirement benefits and educational allowance for their children.

Secondly he called upon all the big enterprises to arrange training programs at all levels under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for their employes.

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