Social partners requested the government to extend the short-term working allowance scheme until the end of 2020.
They also suggested that businesses paying the wage differences between short-term and normal wages should be provided more incentives and exemption of income tax
On 4th May 2020, the Sri Lankan social partners and the Ministry of Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations reached a tripartite agreement for “Pro-rate Wages Based on Varied Levels of Deployment”.
This agreement paves the way to further discuss and solidify schemes such as ‘job sharing’.
The OECD Employment Outlook 2020 focuses on Worker security and Covid-19 crisis.
Chapter 1 provides valuable insights and data on the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market and the policy responses in OECD countries.
The following chapters furnish information on the access to unemployment benefits, a comparative review of employment protection legislation (EPL) across OECD countries, the situation of middle-skilled workers, and the consequences of the pandemic on vocational education and training graduates.