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Human Resources Development Division

Programs implemented by the Human Resource Development Division aim to create an excellent industrial relationship and a work environment with industrial peace through the development of social dialogue and workplace cooperation to increase the productivity and efficiency of the functional private and semi-government sector institutions in Sri Lanka.

1. Awareness
To create a good work environment full of industrial peace, private and semi-public sector employees are aware of social dialogue, workplace cooperation, and existing labor laws.
In order to promote social discourse and workplace cooperation, programs are conducted by the Human Resource Development Division and Zonal Labor Offices, the District Labor Offices and Sub-Labor Offices at the institutional level and at the sectoral level. It includes the following:
  • Enterprise level
  • Trade Unions
  • Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce
  • Sri Lanka Board of Investment
  • Employers’ federation
  • Industrial Parks
  • Vocational training institutes
  • Universities
  • Disable employees
  • Semi-goverment institutions
  • A/Level & O/Level school students
It is conducted for the members of employees' families, which covers the private sector, semi-public sector and public sector institutions.

2. Advisory Councils
Advisory councils are held to promote the tripartite dialogue of employers, employees and the government to promote workplace cooperation through social dialogue. District advisory councils to cover all districts of the island and sub-labor offices and zonal advisory councils to represent zonal labor offices. There will be a discussion about the need for new regulations and amendments to the existing labor laws.

3. Guidance service to promote industrial peace
The employees related to the private sector and semi-government sectors do not give proper attention to the problems they face in their career and, some issues that arise in the organizations escalate into industrial disputes. Through implementing support services we provide guidance for employees to solve problems related to their professional life without breakout as disputes.

4. Publishing activities
Prime work and Kathikawa magazines are published annually to social dialogue and workplace cooperation concepts and related topics, and manuals and posters for social dialogue and workplace cooperation promotion awareness workshops are also published here. The labor law manual published by our department will be updated with the labor law amendments. The manual, currently published as a Sinhala medium, will be translated and edited into English and Tamil.

5. Issuing quality certificates
The private and semi-government sector organizations can apply for this certificate biannually. The applications are then forwarded to the committee for verification and inspection on respective criteria. Organizations will be awarded excellent, good, satisfactory and poor grading based on the marks.
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Special Investigations Division

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Occupational Hygiene Division


Our Vision:

A Healthy worker is an asset to national development.


Our Mission:

Protection, Promotion & maintenance of highest possible level of physical, mental, social & spiritual well-being of all workers.


Our Activities:

  1. Identification of the work place hazards
  2. Risks assessment and control
  3. Monitoring of work environment
  4. Biological monitoring
  5. Medical surveillance
  6. Occupational safety and health audits
  7. Conducting awareness programmes on occupational safety and health to employees and employers
  8. Conducting medical boards EPF and ETF beneficiaries
  9. Providing expert evidence in industrial accidents and diseases
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Industrial Safety Division

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Our main objective is to ensure the Safety, Health and Welfare at each and every work place by enforcing the Factories Ordinance No 45 of 1942 with subsequent amendments. Our services are decentralised through ten District factory inspection Engineer's offices at Anuradhapura, Badulla, Colombo, Gampaha, Galle, Jaffna, Kaluthara, Kandy, Kurunegala and Ratnapura.

Main Functions of the Division

Enforcement of the Factories Ordinance to ensure Safety, Health & Welfare of workers in factories through following activities.

  • Enforcement and implementation of Factories Ordinance
  • Inspection of factories
  • Apporval of building plans
  • Attend Coroners court to give expert evidence
  • Investigation of complaints
  • Investigation of accidents
  • Institute legal actions
  • Conduct Safety awareness programs to prevent accidents
  • Analysis of accidents
  • Appointment of Authorized Officers
  • Issue of certificates under the Factories Ordinance
  • Making of Safety posters, Leaflets, Short films

The other Important activities

  • Advisory services for improvement of work environment in factories
  • Participation in national committees with regard to Occupational safety & Health
  • Safety auditing of factories
  • Preparation of curriculum on Safety, Health & Welfare for educational institutions such as CIDA, NAITA, NIBM, NIPM...

Legal Background / Act and Ordinance related to above activities

Existing Legislation

  • Factories Ordinance No.45 of 1942

Amendments

  • Factories (Amendment) Ordinance No.22 of 1946
  • Factories (Amendment) Act No.54 of 1961
  • Factories (Amendment) Law No.12 of 1976
  • Factories (Amendment) Act No.18 of 1998
  • Factories (Amendment) Act No.33 of 2000
  • Factories (Amendment) Act No.19 of 2002

In addition to the above following regulations are also in effective

  • Factories (No.1) Regulations 1960
  • Factories (Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations 1965
  • Factories (Dangerous Occurrences Notification) Regulations 1965
  • Factories (Washing facilities General) Regulations 1965
  • Factories (General Standards of Lighting) Regulations 1965
  • Factories (Meal Room) Regulations 1965
  • Factories (Steam Boiler Attendants Certificates of competency) Regulations 1965
  • Factories (Notifiable Industrial Diseases) Regulations 1972
  • Factories (Protection of Eyes) Regulations 1979
  • Factories (First Aid) Regulations 1995
  • Leaflet on first aid

(Legislations and regulations are available for reference only at the general library of the Department of Labour)

Related documents (Forms)

  1. Registration form - CFIE-4
  2. Accident notification form - Form-10
  3. Accident Follow up form - CFIE-1
  4. Format of the general register- Form-11
  5. Notice of dangerous occurrences- Form-12
  6. Notice of industrial diseases- Form-13

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