SALARY INCREASE FOR SRI LANKA GARMENT WORKERS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION
February 8th, 2015
A call by Sri Lanka’s newly elected government on the private sector to increase the salaries of all employees including garment sector workers by Sri Lankan Rupees LKR2,500 (USD18.79) per month has yet be accepted by garment sector employers. Industry wages in Sri Lanka are influenced by a wages board of industry, trade union and government representatives, which is meeting to discuss the request, which came from Sri Lanka’s finance minister Ravi Karunanayake during the government’s interim budget on January 29, which followed its election on January ...
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