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Employment Leave Bill, explained: How annual and sick leave entitlements are changing

Explainer: A major change to how leave is calculated in workplaces is becoming law - so, what's changing and how does it affect you?

  • Employment Leave Bill to repeal Holidays Act 2003, simplifying leave entitlements
  • Annual leave entitlement based on ordinary weekly pay or average over 12 months
  • Casual workers receive 12.5% additional pay for annual and sick leave

Cotton production jumps 32 per cent

Textile mills have become reliant on imports amid falling cotton output.—PPI/file LAHORE: Phutti (seed-cotton) arrivals at ginning factories rose by more than 32 per cent year-on-year by July 31, driven by a sharp increase in Sindh despite a slight decline in Punjab, according to the figures released by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners…

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