Flexible labour, industrial laws needed - CEF

by P. Krishnaswamy

In the current environment of peace and emerging foreign investment opportunities, it has become necessary to introduce flexibility to existing labour and industrial laws and regulations on par with those of other developing countries, Director General of the Ceylon Employers Federation (CEF) Ravi Peiris has stated in his submissions on Review of Labour Regulations in Sri Lanka. The submissions were made to Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara recently.

The CEF fully endorses the policy directive set out in the labour policy enshrined in the Ten Year Horizon Development Framework, under the Mahinda Chinthana, which clearly identifies flexible labour laws and productivity enhancement as key factors for development, he has stated.