Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations

Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 2nd Floor, Labour Secretariat, Colombo
6°53′30.30″N 79°52′33.80″E / 6.8917500°N 79.8760556°E / 6.8917500; 79.8760556Coordinates: 6°53′30.30″N 79°52′33.80″E / 6.8917500°N 79.8760556°E / 6.8917500; 79.8760556
Annual budget
  • Rs. 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 5 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Labour
  • Department of Manpower and Employment
  • Employees’ Provident Fund
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • National Institute of Labour Studies
  • Office of the Commissioner of Workmen’s Compensation
  • Shrama Vasana Fund
  • Sri Lanka Job Net Limited
Website labourmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for labour and trade union relations. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on labour and trade union relations and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations and State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations are John Senewiratne and Ravindra Samaraweera respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Labour
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Sundaram, PeriPeri Sundaram 1931 1935 Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce [5]
Corea, ClaudeClaude Corea 1936 1947 [6]
Jayah, T. B.T. B. Jayah 26 September 1947 1950 Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake Minister of Labour and Social Services [7][8]
Kaleel, M. C. M.M. C. M. Kaleel 1952 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Labour [9][10]
Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala [11]
Ilangaratne, T. B.T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services [12][13][14][15]
de Zoysa, M. P.M. P. de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 26 September 1959 8 December 1959 Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake Minister of Labour [16]
Wijesinghe, C.C. Wijesinghe 23 July 1960 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services [17]
Sriwardene, M. P. de Z.M. P. de Z. Sriwardene [18]
Goonesekera, D. S.D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Minister of Labour and Social Services [18]
Mohamed, M. H.M. H. Mohamed United National Party March 1965 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing [19][20]
Zoysa, M. P. deM. P. de Zoysa Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Labour [21]
Seneviratne, C. P. J.C. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party 23 July 1977 Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene [22][23][24]
Atapattu, RanjitRanjit Atapattu United National Party 18 February 1989 5 January 1990 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Labour and Social Welfare [25]
Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga United National Party 11 January 1990 [25]
Premachandra, G. M.G. M. Premachandra United National Party 30 March 1990 Minister of Labour and Vocational Training [26]
Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga United National Party 14 March 1991 [27]
Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga [28][29]
Moulana, AlaviAlavi Moulana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Labour [30]
Seneviratne, AthaudaAthauda Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development [31][32]
10 April 2004 Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment [33][34][35]
Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa [36]
28 January 2007 Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower [37][38][39]
Lokuge, GaminiGamini Lokuge 23 April 2010 Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement [40][41][42]
22 November 2010 Minister of Labour and Labour Relations [43][44]
Rajapakshe, WijeyadasaWijeyadasa Rajapakshe United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Justice and Labour Relations [45][46][47][48]
Nawinne, S. B.S. B. Nawinne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Labour [49][50][51][52]
Senewiratne, JohnJohn Senewiratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 September 2015 Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations [53][54][55]

Secretaries

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Labour Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Madihahewa, M.M. Madihahewa 25 April 2010 Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Secretary [56]
Wijeweera, W. J. L. U.W. J. L. U. Wijeweera 22 November 2010 Labour and Labour Relations Secretary [57]
de Silva, W. Kamalini F.W. Kamalini F. de Silva 19 January 2015 Justice and Labour Relations Secretary [58][59][60][61]
Jayaratna, S. M. GotabayaS. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna 8 September 2015 Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary [62][63][64]

References

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