The document summarizes the development of labor laws and policies in Sri Lanka and how they impacted human resource management practices. It traces the origins of state intervention in labor relations back to 1830 with the growth of plantations industries. Key events and laws discussed include the 1846 ordinance promoting immigrant labor, the 1950 Industrial Disputes Act establishing an institutional framework, and present-day reforms liberalizing restrictions and moving toward a free hire-and-fire policy. The document also examines the structure of trade unions in Sri Lanka and their political involvement historically.
Aimed at helping investors and accelerating growth, the Government is planning new labour legislation that would merge 44 labour laws under four categories -- wages, social security, industrial safety & welfare, and industrial relations.
I would like to inform you that The Parliament pushed through its long-standing reform initiative on Wednesday, with the three Codes- the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 being passed by both houses and The Wage Code Bill, 2019 was passed by Parliament last year.
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All the four Labour Codes have now been passed in both the houses of the parliament and President's assent obtained. As industries across India are busy decoding the codes, they are also trying to understand the possible impact the could make, when the date of commencement likely shortly, is announced. They would like to make policy decisions, if need be, to stay compliant because of the introduction of the Codes.
Aimed at helping investors and accelerating growth, the Government is planning new labour legislation that would merge 44 labour laws under four categories -- wages, social security, industrial safety & welfare, and industrial relations.
I would like to inform you that The Parliament pushed through its long-standing reform initiative on Wednesday, with the three Codes- the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 being passed by both houses and The Wage Code Bill, 2019 was passed by Parliament last year.
The government is aiming to implement all the four labour codes in one go by December this year and complete the final stretch of labour sector reforms according to Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State, Independent Charge, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
For Latest Amendments :www.guptaconsultants.com
it is slide on thecurrent hot topic "social security"and it focuses several schemes launched by"The Govt of India" to improve the economic status of people...
All the four Labour Codes have now been passed in both the houses of the parliament and President's assent obtained. As industries across India are busy decoding the codes, they are also trying to understand the possible impact the could make, when the date of commencement likely shortly, is announced. They would like to make policy decisions, if need be, to stay compliant because of the introduction of the Codes.
This Expert Series webinar presentation talks about the latest statutory changes in employment laws.
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Objectives & Agenda :
To understand the need for Social Security Agreements (SSA) entered into by India with other countries for the benefit of Indian Nationals working abroad. An SSA is a bilateral instrument to protect the social security interests of workers posted in another country. India currently has 18 operational SSAs. We shall analyse the important provisions of SSAs.
A New Union Cabinet in 17th Lok Sabha has approved the Wages Code Bill on 3rd July 2019 with certain amendments to improve the ease of doing business and attract investment for spurring growth Government is planning to pass the bill in the ongoing session of Parliament.
The draft & the approved Bill is yet to be published.
The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as an advisory body and a watchdog for the informal sector. This report by the NCEUS recommended a social security scheme for unorganised workers, which would cover minimum benefits such as old age pension, life insurance, maternity benefit, disability benefit (accident compensation), minimum healthcare and sickness benefit. The NCEUS argued that the government needed to move beyond limited social assistance schemes and introduce a full-fledged social security programme for all kinds of workers, especially unorganised workers. The Commission also drafted the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Bill, which forms part two of this report.
Acts and Laws (objectives and key provisions):
1. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
2. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
3. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
4. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
5. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
6. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
7. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
8. The Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act, 1952
9. The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
10. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
This Expert Series webinar presentation talks about the latest statutory changes in employment laws.
To know the statutory compliance for payroll, refer the link: https://www.greythr.com/complete-guide-statutory/
Objectives & Agenda :
To understand the need for Social Security Agreements (SSA) entered into by India with other countries for the benefit of Indian Nationals working abroad. An SSA is a bilateral instrument to protect the social security interests of workers posted in another country. India currently has 18 operational SSAs. We shall analyse the important provisions of SSAs.
A New Union Cabinet in 17th Lok Sabha has approved the Wages Code Bill on 3rd July 2019 with certain amendments to improve the ease of doing business and attract investment for spurring growth Government is planning to pass the bill in the ongoing session of Parliament.
The draft & the approved Bill is yet to be published.
The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as an advisory body and a watchdog for the informal sector. This report by the NCEUS recommended a social security scheme for unorganised workers, which would cover minimum benefits such as old age pension, life insurance, maternity benefit, disability benefit (accident compensation), minimum healthcare and sickness benefit. The NCEUS argued that the government needed to move beyond limited social assistance schemes and introduce a full-fledged social security programme for all kinds of workers, especially unorganised workers. The Commission also drafted the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Bill, which forms part two of this report.
Acts and Laws (objectives and key provisions):
1. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
2. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
3. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
4. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
5. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
6. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
7. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
8. The Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act, 1952
9. The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
10. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
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Industrial relations are the relationship between management and employees or among employees and their organization. Industrial relation deal with either the relationships between the state and the employers and the workers organization or the relation between the occupational organizations themselves. The ILO uses the expression to denote such matters as freedom of association and the protection of the right to organize, the application of the principles of the right to organize, and the right of collective bargaining, collective agreements, conciliation and arbitration and machinery for cooperation between the authorities and the occupational organizations at various levels of the economy.
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Development of hrm in sri lanka by jayadeva de silva
1. Development of HRM in SriLanka
By
Jayadeva de Silva
M.Sc,MBIM.FIPM,FITD
Supplementary reading material for a lecture delivered on the subject
Development of Legal framework & labour policy which impacted on HRM
practices
The history of state intervention in industrial relations through law commences
from about 1830 with the growth of coffee and tea plantations industries in Sri
Lanka. Prior to that the master and servant relationship was regulated largely by
custom. The necessity for cheap unskilled labour for the successful operation
of plantations, combined with a labour crisis in 1846, led to an Ordinance in
that year being introduced to promote State-sponsored immigration of labour
from South India, resulting in the formation of the country’s first regimented
labour force.
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2. Today the scope of labour laws are broad as any other system of labour law and
encompasses a wide range of areas involving the employer-employee
relationship in addition to the focus on social security, wages, terms and
conditions of employment, industrial safety, employment of women and
children, etc...
In Sri Lanka as in most developing countries, the tendency is for the State to
interfere in industrial relations by setting up standards of conduct for both
employers and employees. These standards take the form of legislation or
pronouncements of special courts or tribunals set up by legislation.
In Sri Lanka the State expresses its policy in both ways. In fact, it would be true
to say that the awards or orders of the extra judicial tribunals, which are
binding on the parties to a dispute and which constitute a significant source of
industrial law, are by far the most important agency through which the State
intervenes today in industrial relations in Sri Lanka. This form of
intervention is indirect rather than direct.
In view of the growing labour unrest during the early years of the Second
World War, along with the expansion of the regimented workforce, as a result
of the State and the private sector turning out to be employment generators, it
became necessary for the government to introduce an institutionalized
industrial relations framework. This situation led to the introduction of the
Industrial Disputes Act in 1950, which is considered to be the vital backbone
that governs the industrial relations system of Sri Lanka. Since its inception it
has gone through a long process of change and reform to make it what it is
today. At present, it addresses issues arising out of industrial disputes,
termination of services of employees, collective bargaining, labour arbitration,
Labour Tribunals and the functioning of Industrial Courts.
However the public sector employees are not covered under the Industrial
Disputes Act. Industrial relations issues of public sector workers are governed
through a code of rules adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers named the
Establishment Code. It is presumed that the exclusion of the public sector
workers from the purview of the Industrial Disputes Act is based on the
assumption that the State is expected to perform the role of a model employer
and it will rightly discharge all its duties towards its employees. The functioning
of the public sector today creates serious questions about this notion and the
Establishment Code being highly inconsistent with international conventions
and declarations dealing with the rights of workers. The total exclusion
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3. of public sector workers through the process of collectively bargaining and
restrictions in forming and federating unions among public sector workers are
some prominent issues that need to be addressed.
The following is a structural outline of the scope of local labour laws in
SriLanka which impacts on HRM in SriLanka
1. Terms and conditions of employment
- The Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of employment &
remuneration) Act
- Wages Board Ordinance
2. Social security
- Employees provident Fund
- Employees Trust Fund
- Payment of Gratuity Act
3. Industrial safety
- Factories Ordinance
- Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance
4. Industrial relations
- Industrial Disputes Act
- Termination of Employment (Special provisions) Act
- Trade Union Ordinance
5. Employment of women and children
- Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act
- Maternity Benefits Ordinance
Present trends
At present the entire system of labour law is being subjected to a process of
reform amidst protest from various quarters of the society. The government
has already liberalized restrictions on overtime hours permitted on female
workers and the need to obtain the consent of workers to perform “over time”
has been removed providing more freedom to the employers. In addition, a
free hire and fire policy is also being formulated and the payment of
compensation is to be done with a fixed formula of calculation based on the
years of service of each employee. These provisions are to be effected through
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4. amendments to the existing Termination (Special Provisions) Act and if
implemented can cause serious threats to union organizing in the private
and export sector industries, as union activists can easily be fired through
victimization, which may discourage workers taking up the initiative of
organizing.
The government of Sri Lanka has also sought for the special incentive scheme
of the EU GSP in order to have free access to the EU market. This application
is still under consideration. Similarly the government has also made an
application for the US GSP facility for the export of apparels to the US market.
Both these trade regimes put special emphasis on the observance of core
labour standards and Conventions No.87 & 98 in particular.
In August 2002, the government signed a Trade and Investment Framework
Agreement (TIFA) with the United States in order to gain free access to the
U.S market. This trade agreement also warrants the observance of good
standards of labour practices on the part of the beneficiary country.
Some key amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act have also been tabled
before the Parliament with the aim of introducing a new system named the
“4:2:1 Formula” which intends to conclude all unfair termination of service
applications before Labour Tribunals within four months, Arbitration
processes within two months and involuntary termination of service
applications within one month. In principle expecting the resolving of
industrial disputes is a positive move and is welcome. However its implications
carry serious practical impossibilities and inconsistencies and can affect the
chances of justice being meted out equally at all levels, apart from disregarding
some principles of the rules of natural justice, which in fact is the live wire of
the labour adjudication system in Sri Lanka.
The 4:2:1 formula was almost imposed and had little or no constructive
dialogue among the triparties of the process, which left the point of view of
organizations of workers completely unincorporated in the exercise.
In short, at present the trend is more towards flexible and liberal labour
administration with less government involvement. The government is also
more interested in promoting a separate set of labour guide lines for special
investment and export processing zones to deal with industrial relations issues
in them. Finally, the notable feature of the present labour administration system
is the fast declining standards in the labour standards enforcement aspect. Its
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5. now gradually marking the beginning of a new labour unrest among employed
workers.
Trade Union Structure which impacted on HRM in SriLanka
Historically trade unions were at the forefront of the movement for
independence prior to 1947, and unions therefore fulfilled a political role at
that time. This tradition of political involvement has persisted to this day, and
political parties continue to seek the support of the working population
through trade unions and also manipulate unions to achieve political objectives
from time to time. This made it easy for political parties to penetrate unions
and ultimately dictate terms to unions, thereby making unions a mere organ of
the political machinery. This led towards unions not being able to produce
leaders from within their own rank and for the creation of a culture of political
hierarchy appointing trade union leaders.
In fact the outsiders who have prepared to assume trade union leadership have
invariably been politicians, who are able to highlight in Parliament the
grievances of the workers in a narrow, political angle rather than addressing the
genuine interests of workers in a more constructive manner within the context
of the current developments in the global workers’ movement. Despite
the political involvement of trade unions in Sri Lanka, strikes for purely
political purposes are not frequent and unions have never been able to
influence the political process. In most unions, characteristics of union
democracy are hardly visible and the leadership is naturally being held by an
aging set of veterans who are not open for change or ready to accommodate
young activists.
The independent unions in Sri Lanka are relatively small and often work in
isolation. It is also difficult for them to get on with traditional trade union
organizations due to ideological differences. Independent trade unions are also
visible in some areas of the private sector, export industries and EPZs, banking
sector, teaching and in some areas of the public service.
Local labour laws divide unions as public and non public sector unions and
these two categories are not permitted to federate with each other. The non
public sector unions represent the private and semi government owned
business and industrial enterprises. Sri Lanka does not have a national trade
union centre as seen in many countries, due to this segregation of unions by
law and the inherent political identities of the unions.
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6. Further reading
Please read the chapter titled “Future of HRM in SriLanka” in the book titled
“Humantalents Management” by Jayadeva de Silva 2000.A Project SMED
publication.
This book is available in the IPM Library
It can be also downloaded from
www.slideshare.net/Jayadeva
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