Sri Lanka has established a complex system of laws and institutions intended to protect the interests of workers and to guarantee a minimum standard of living to its population.

 

This system encompasses three bodies of law

 

1. Labor and employment laws;   govern the individual employment contract

  

2. Industrial and collective relations laws; regulate the bargaining, adoption, and enforcement of collective agreements, the organization of trade unions, and the industrial action by workers and employers

 

3. Social security laws; social response to needs and conditions that have a      Significant impact on the quality of life, such as old age, disability, death,   unemployment, and maternity .

  

The Department of Labour of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training is responsible for the administration and enforcement of all labour laws. The Department has powers of conciliation in industrial disputes and can refer such disputes to compulsory arbitration where necessary.

 

The Sri Lankan industrial law consists of inter alia about forty labour statutes, regulations gazetted under the labour statutes, decisions made by the Labour Courts   and the Appellate Courts, collective agreements

Dispute resolution

1. Arbitration 1.1 Types of Arbitration The Industrial Dispute Act provides for voluntary arbitration compulsory arbitration 1.1.1 Voluntary arbitration – is where parties consent to a reference made by the Commissioner of Labour to an arbitrator chosen by the parties to the dispute of the Commissioner if the parties cannot agree on a common nominee. Parties are free to nominate any person to act as [ More.. ]

Leave/Holidays

With regard to statutory holidays, an employee is entitled to the following, [ More.. ]

Superannuation benifits

Employees Provident Fund/Employees Trust Fund/Gratuity [ More.. ]

Termination of employment

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT Termination of employment can occur in any one of the following ways; Termination by employer 1.1 Disciplinary termination 1.2 Non-disciplinary termination Termination by operation of law Termination by effluxion of time Termination by employee [ More.. ]

Types of employment

Types of employment have significant consequences in law since it is used as a tool in determining the obligations owed by the employers towards their employees. In Sri Lanka following types of employment are largely speaking of. [ More.. ]