National discussion on industrial relations

The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) in collaboration with Emsolve Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. and sponsored by the International Labour Organisation, is holding a national level convention on industrial relations on November 9 and 10 at the Water’s Edge, Battaramulla. The inauguration of this convention will be held at the BMICH on November 8.

The EFC said that as resource material for the convention, 25 enterprise-based case studies on employer/employee relations have been published. These case studies, which review and analyze employee relations strategies and practices in 25 private sector establishments, chosen from a cross section ranging from multinationals to family-owned businesses, will be the first of its kind and should be of immense value to enterprise managers, trade unionists and also policy makers.

The publication of the case studies was funded by the Confederation of Norwegian Employers, with which the EFC has had a technical co-operation arrangement over a period of time. In addition to enterprise-based relations, the convention will address national level industrial relations also under the theme “From Confrontation to Collaboration”. Among the resource persons will be two representatives from the Business Confederation and the Trade Union Congress of the Republic of Ireland.