The Minister of Labor Nimal Siripala de Silva has stated that all industrial disputes (cases) should be completed within the next three months.
He also said that from now on, instead of summoning the arbitration hearings to Colombo, they should be held at labor offices in areas convenient to those parties. The Minister said this at a ceremony held at the Labor Department Auditorium yesterday (12) to hand over appointment letters to the new members appointed to settle labor disputes. Arbitration members were appointed to 23 new members.
At present there are nineteen arbitrators (19). So far 220 such settlement inquiries have been filed. Commissioner General of Labor Prabhath Chandrakeerthi stated that 183 of them are under investigation.