Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Sri Lanka as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Sri Lanka: Proposed labour law reforms
A number of important changes have recently been proposed by the government …
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Sri Lanka: Desperate measure to modernize the law
The Ministry of Foreign Employment and Labour has drawn up an ambitious set of proposals for an Act which is designed to establish a more coherent legal framework in the employment field …
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Sri Lanka: Proposed labour law reforms – are they genuine?
The Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara has announced that the National Labour Advisory Council will shortly be drawing up a Bill that will help modernise current labour law …
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Sri Lanka: Depletion of talent as country faces economic collapse
Following the rapid departure of the country’s President and his wife in an air force plane last Summer and his brother, the Prime Minister, into hiding, the country plunged into sovereign debt …
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Sri Lanka: Updated and unified labour law to be introduced by 2026
The Labour Department has been investigating the structure of labour law across the country …
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Sri Lanka: Manufacturing faces sudden set back
The PMI was already below 50 when, in September 2022, it slumped heavily back to 42 …
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Sri Lanka: Cabinet nod to amend law to allow night work for women
All women in commerce may now work after 6pm …
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Sri Lanka: Government to provide social security for informal sector workers
The government is establishing a new scheme to provide social security benefit cover to those hitherto denied it …
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Sri Lanka: Only 12,000 people left unemployed by the pandemic – Labour Minister
Although officially the pandemic only deprived 12,000 workers of jobs, the true figure is likely to exceed a million …
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Sri Lanka: Bill to increase the minimum wage of private sector employees discussed at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Labour
A Bill to amend the National Minimum Wage for Private Sector Employees in Sri Lanka was recently discussed at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Labour …
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Sri Lanka: All types of visas issued to foreigners extended until 8th August 2021
According to the Immigration and Emigration Department, the validity period of all types of visas currently obtained by foreigners residing in Sri Lanka has been extended by 30 days to 8th August 2021 …
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Sri Lanka: Extension of visas for foreigners
The periods of validity of visas of all categories obtained by foreigners who are currently residing in Sri Lanka have been extended by 60 days with effect from 11th May 2021 up to 9th July 2021 …
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Sri Lanka: Minimum age of employment to be raised to 16 years
The Cabinet has approved an increase in the minimum age for employment to 16 years in order to bring it in line with the minimum school leaving age …
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Sri Lanka: President resumes program to provide employment to 150,000 graduates and low-income earners
The Sri Lankan Government has now resumed a programme to provide employment opportunities for 150,000 people, with 50,000 to be recruited from new graduates and 100,000 from low-income earners …
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Sri Lanka: Pro-rata wages pact likely to be further extended
The tripartite agreement first concluded in May 2020, and subsequently extended until September, is likely to be further extended until the end of the year …
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