Labour
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