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LKA-1954-L-50743
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) Act (No. 19 of 1954)(Cap. 129).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Sri Lanka
Subjects (Classification)
Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave; Wages
Adopted on (Date of text)
1954-08-09
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Sets forth conditions of employment for office and shop employees. Regulates hours of work, paid leave, rest periods, meals, lighting, and ventilation. No person under the age of 14 may be employed in a shop or office (s. 10). Part IA provides for maternity benefit, Parts II and III regulate remuneration, and Part IV covers closing orders and hours of operation for shops. Consolidated text.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1954 (LKA-1954-R-67570)
Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) Regulations, 1954 .
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1982-10-12 (LKA-1982-L-10696)
Shop and office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) and Wages Boards (Amendment) Act, No. 36 of 1982.
Amending text(s)
1984-08-03 (LKA-1984-L-50773)
Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children, the Factories and The Shop and office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) (Amendment) Act, No. 32 of 1984.
Amending text(s)
1984-08-03 (LKA-1984-L-50773)
Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children, the Factories and The Shop and office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) (Amendment) Act, No. 32 of 1984.
Amending text(s)
2018-06-18 (LKA-2018-L-106757)
Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) (Amendment) Act, No. 4 of 2018.
Amending text(s)
1985-11-20 (LKA-1985-L-106758)
Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) (Amendment) Act, No. 44 of 1985.
Amending text(s)
2021-01-18 (LKA-2021-L-113994)
Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 2021.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Department of Labour
Publisher
Contains Orders made under the Act pages 210-215
Country
Sri Lanka
URL
http://www.labourdept.gov.lk
File
LKA50743.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act No. 44 of 1985)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Labour Code of Sri Lanka
Author
Labour Legislation (in force on 31 December 2002)
Publisher
Ministry of Employment and Labour
Place of publication
Colombo
Country
Sri Lanka
Date
2004
Page range
pp. 38-67
Monograph title
Labour Code of Sri Lanka - Consolidated and Updated to 31st December 2009
Author
Ministry of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion
Country
Sri Lanka
Date
2010
Page range
pp. 160-215
Serial region
Serial title
Sri Lanka Labour Gazette
Date
1997
Volume
Vol. 48
Number
No. 4
Page range
pp. 27-71