Impacts of Child Labour Working at Hotels & Workshop Sectors in Pakistan

Abstract

Child labour is a cheap and easily accessible phenomena and it can be easily available in developing countries like Pakistan and many others. Children are innocent and unaware about various laws and rights as compared to that of adults’ laborers. Owing to their childhood, they are exploited to use in the market. Moreover their passive nature makes them more vulnerable and dedicated to their work. That is why they are employed at cheap rate without any terms and conditions and due to their innocence, they have are exploited in different ways. Majority of the parents are aware how education of their children is important for their children. They also know about the various types of harms their children got due to labor however, many parent are not aware about all this.  Furthermore, child labor laws are important in this regard to play role if the parents are agree to be sincere and ready for the education, welfare and betterment of their children. This research was conducted in district Mandi Bahauddin of Punjab province, Pakistan. Hotels and workshop areas were selected for the selection of sample by using convenient sampling technique. The sample of 90 respondents was taken through convenient sampling. The study explained that the main determinants of child labor were unemployment, poverty, large family size and death of parents. Child labor should be stopped because it is harmful for society. It creates many other social evils for people and society. Both NGOs and Government should play their vital role for its eradication.