Work from Home to be legalised: Labour Minister

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By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

Colombo, July 13 (Daily Mirror) - Providing legal provision for work from home or ‘work from a remote location’ under the new labour law that is being drafted at the moment, Parliament was informed yesterday.

This is one of the major changes that are to be introduced under the new labour law that is being compiled merging 13 existing laws, according to the answer by Labour Minister Manusha Nanayakkara, in response to an oral question raised by MP Eran Wickramaratne.

Thirteen laws that would be merged and changed under the new law include Trade Union Ordinance No 14 of 1935, Wages Board Ordinance no 27 of 1941, Factory Ordinance no 45 of 1942, Industrial Disputes Act No 43 of 1950, Termination Special Provisions Act No 45 of 1971 and the Shop and Office Act No 19 of 1954.

New regulations under the new law include the entitlement of a two-day holiday for a worker if he or she works for extra hours during a given week without overtime and the introduction of a compressed work week where a worker would be entitled to three off days if he or she covers the stipulated 45 hours of work in four days. In addition, domestic workers will also come under the labour laws.

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working from HOME Saturday, 13 July 2024 03:21 AM

already many teachers, officers, academics and many other are jolly riding over in their jobs without doing any works. some even do not come to work but get salaries. This will pay the way to get salaries without any work.. Working from home is good in some country with strict employment laws in place.... What kind of driplines do we have.. What about our productivities in our universities, schools and offices. This is what happens when we send all those people without even GCSE to the parliament.

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Gerry (England) Saturday, 13 July 2024 05:02 AM

The productivity of the UK has gone down because of Working from Home. The government and businesses are trying to reverse this trend that started due to Covid. I wonder whether Sri Lanka, with low productivity of workers already (especially due to over-staffing of public institutions) will get dragged down further. People should think twice before aping practices of other countries.

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Ram Saturday, 13 July 2024 05:22 AM

This is silly. Only the IT employees can work from home and complete what is assigned to them. Other sectors working from home is not possible

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Adwani Saturday, 13 July 2024 06:58 AM

Already, the government workers are lazy not performing their duties properly. Work from home will further contributes towards sleeping at home and getting the salary in time. Therefore, Work from Home is just a concept for those who had additional time after working official hours. This must not be legalized to take advantage.

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Jude Saturday, 13 July 2024 07:39 AM

Most government workers are at home NOT working from home!! Yeah they're supposed to be at work.

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Joshua Saturday, 13 July 2024 08:27 AM

Great piece of law if implemented properly . Good things have to be applauded whoever the Govt is in power.

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Raj Saturday, 13 July 2024 11:13 AM

Government office chairs warming up shifted to sofas at home with some entertainment!

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Terrence K Sunday, 14 July 2024 08:59 AM

@Gerry (England) - I fully endorse what you have pointed out in your comment. If the country wants to face bankruptcy upto the year 3000 working from home will be ideal for all these lazy public servants who come to work only surpassing the attendance time and the grace period for late attendance. Also these employees start reading the papers and chatting on the phone with family members whether their children are at school. Then at 10.30 they are off for their tea interval. Once again at sharp 12 they go for their lunch in procession not caring of the customers at the counters. Then at 3 p.m. once again off they go for their tea interval. At 4 p..m. they clock off to catch their trains or buses. In spite of this lethargic attitude they go on strikes demanding salary increases. This nonsense is not tolerated in the Mercantile Sector. So how can a country prosper when we have lotus eaters in this country!!!!!!!

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