Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Sri Lanka (Ratification: 1972)

With reference to Act No. 43 of 16 December 1950 to provide for the prevention, investigation and settlement of industrial disputes, the Committee notes that the provisions of this Act do not apply to the Crown or the Government in its capacity as employer, or to a workman in the employment of the Crown or the Government.

The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the scope of this provision and on the way in which the application of Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Convention is ensured in respect of workers in the public sector (teachers, employees of state enterprises).