IDLO seminar on employment contract law today

The Alumni Association of the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) Sri Lanka has organised a seminar on ‘New Dimensions of the Law Relating to Contract of Employment’ to be held on January 11, at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo from 1:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The contract of employment signifies the employment relationship between the employer and employee in Sri Lanka which has gained protection under the law. This also encompasses the effect of international conventions on this relationship as well as concepts of termination of employment and reliefs granted for termination of employment.

This interactive seminar will discuss the new dimensions of the law relating to the contact of employment as well as the current trends in termination of employment, reliefs granted on such termination and international standards applicable to such a relationship.

It will be an interactive seminar with presentations made by eminent resource personnel representing the judiciary, public and private sectors and academia, namely, R.K.S. Sureshchandra, Judge of the Supreme Court, R.P. Wimalasena, Senior Legal Advisor, Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations, A. Sarveswaran, Attorney-at-law, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Dittha De Alwis, Assistant Director General, Employers Federation of Ceylon followed by a panel discussion chaired by R.K.S. Sureshchandra, Judge of the Supreme Court which will also include Sobhitha Rajakaruna, Senior State Counsel and Shyamali Ranaraja, Attorney-at-law, External Consultant, International Labour Organisation as eminent panelists.

Subject areas covered at the seminar will be contract of employment: General nature of the employer and employee relationship, termination of employment: Current trends, reliefs granted for termination of employment: Current trends and effect of international conventions on labour laws in Sri Lanka.

This seminar is designed for a target audience of lawyers, human resource managers and others interested in the subject.

The IDLO headquartered in Rome, Italy is an intergovernmental non-political organisation established in 1983, which seeks to strengthen the rule of law and good governance in developing countries and countries in transition in order to provide security for the individual and to reduce poverty by protecting individual rights and economic activity and by strengthening judicial and local institutions to promote a viable legal framework for commerce, trade and investment. The alumni association in Sri Lanka has among its members, judges, lawyers and officers from both the government and private sector, who have all followed various training programmes at IDLO in Rome or organised by the IDLO in Sri Lanka. Its mission is to strengthen the rule of law and good governance in Sri Lanka. Its mission is to strengthen the rule of law and good governance in Sri Lanka.

Further information could be obtained from the Administrative Officer of the Alumni Association of IDLO in Sri Lanka at 130/3 C, Nawala Road, Nugegoda or by email - aaidlo@yahoo.com.

This seminar is designed for a target audience of lawyers, human resource managers and others interested in the subject