Workers Employers Bilateral Council of Pakistan

Name :-

The name of the Society shall be Workers Employers Bilateral Council of Pakistan (WEBCOP) and the term Society wherever appearing in the Memorandum and Rules and Regulations shall mean Workers Employers Bilateral Council of Pakistan (WEBCOP).

Address :-

The registered office of the Society shall be situated as may be decided by the Governing Board.

Presently to be at B-10, Block-5, Behind Sir Syed University, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi. Offices and Chapter Offices may be established at other places in Pakistan, as decided by the Governing Board of the Society.

Operations of Society :-

The Society shall be operated on a non-political, non-profit and non-religious basis.

Objectives :-

a)	Promoting employment opportunities and employability of available workforce.
b)	Removing impediments in the way of speedy industrialization
c)	Fostering sound industrial relations at the enterprise / industry as well as at the provincial & national levels.
d)	Achieving a balance between the rights and obligations of industrial partners.
e)	Developing a basis for determination of wages without interference in the process of collective bargaining and to help in creating wage productivity linkages with due regard to the cost of living index in order to keep an enterprise viable and thriving
f)	Promoting productivity and quality improvement efforts at the enterprise / industry level in order to meet the challenges of globalization and other environmental changes
g)	Improving quality of life for the working class by establishing a linkage between the pace of economic development and quantum of social benefits.
h).	Developing at the enterprise level effective participative culture through bilateral consultation and dialogue on matters relating to industrial relations, productivity, safety, health, environment, investment, employment and socio economic benefits
i)	Promoting agro-based industry with the purpose to obtain prosperity for the rural workers and improving quality of their life.
j)	Activating and extending full support to tripartite bodies for accomplishing their task efficiently and in the best national interest, particularly in; Tripartite Labour Standing Committee at the Federal Level. Tripartite Labour Advisory Boards at Provincial Level. National Minimum Wage Council. National Productivity Council. National Health and Safety Council. National Training Board / Provincial Training Board. Workers Welfare Fund / Board. Employees Old-Age Benefit Institution. Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI). Skill Development Councils. Workers Management Board. Overseas Pakistanis Foundation.


k)	Providing a bi-partite institutional framework for voluntary mediation, conciliation and arbitration of industrial disputes, in a practical and conducive environment without polarizing and politicizing the issue.
l)	Providing necessary guidance and assistance in the matters relating to industrial relations and labour laws.
m)	Augmenting training, educational and research facilities with a view to upgrade skills and knowledge of the Workers, Managers & Employers through Training Programmes.
n)	Devising a code of conduct, keeping in view the existing National and International norms and obligations, to enable the employers and workers to: jointly work for improving efficiency and productivity of the enterprise and develop a system benefiting both the partners. respect the right of association and collective bargaining with due appreciation of their rights and obligations demonstrate mutual respect to obligations and rights of each other.


o)	Achieving mutually acceptable reforms in the existing labour laws and lending full support and assistance to their improvement simplification, rationalization, codification & implementation.
p)	Creating an environment of trust, harmony and understanding among the Workers and Employers.
q)	Securing, receiving, accepting and managing and / or investing funds, donations, grants endowments and any other property or properties from lawful sources within and outside the country and to utilize them for furthering and promoting the aims and objects of the Society

3	(b)	The promoters / founders, office bearers and members shall not receive any remuneration for their services but may be re-imbursed for out of pocket expenses.
	(c)	The Society shall confine its activities only to the objects of the Society as set forth in the Memorandum of Association and the income and property of the Society from whatever sources shall be utilized / applied solely towards promoting the objects of the Society and that no portion thereof shall be paid by way of dividend, profit, bonus to any member / office bearer of the Societyor otherwise. Except for such sum as may be spent for administrative purposes as per prescribed by the Society.
(r)	Ensuring effective representation of Workers & Employers in the tripartite bodies at all level.

Artical Of Association