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Working time

Standard working time, night work, overtime, rest periods, young workers.

Sri Lanka :: Young workers

The Shop & Office Employees Act provides that a person who has not attained the age of fourteen years shall not be employed in or about the business of a shop or office …

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Sri Lanka :: Standard working time

According to the Shop & Office Employees Act, the normal period of time which any employee should work in a shop or office should not exceed eight hours in any one day, or 45 hours in a single week (excluding rest periods) …

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Sri Lanka :: Rest periods

Employees who work in excess of 28 hours (excluding overtime and meal intervals) in any one week are entitled to 1 …

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Sri Lanka :: Overtime

The Shop & Office Employees Act provides that employees who work more than eight hours in any single working day should be paid overtime, in respect of those additional hours, at a rate of 150% of their basic hourly rate of pay …

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Sri Lanka :: Night work (after 6pm)

An amendment has been made to the Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) Act, No19 of 1954 to permit women to work after 6pm, alough a restriction still applies to young persons between 14 to 18 years …

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