EFC, ILO launch new programme for competitive and responsible enterprises
View(s):Six Sri Lankan companies have joined the Employers Federation of Ceylon (EFC) and the ILO in new programme to become sustainable and responsible competitive enterprises (SCORE).
The companies – Associated Battery Manufacturers (Cey) Ltd, International Trimmings & Labels Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Ceymac Rubber Co Ltd, Metric Products (Pvt) Ltd, Interplast Asian (Pvt) Ltd and Trelleborg Wheel Systems Lanka (Pvt) Ltd are all companies from Sri Lanka’s SME sector.
An EFC media release said each of the companies has nominated two managerial and two worker representatives to attend a combination of classroom and workplace training. The purpose of the course is to empower enterprises to effectively engage management and workers to work together, towards common goals that improve productivity and working conditions benefiting both workers and the enterprise. Using specific workplace cooperation tools and techniques they will engage in joint problem solving, create effective waste reduction solutions, reduce quality defects and enhance productivity in the workplace.
Country Director of the ILO, Donglin Li said expressed his pleasure at joining the EFC in welcoming company CEO’s to the launch of the SCORE programme in Sri Lanka. “The SCORE Programme is particularly important for us in the ILO as it is based on the premise that a good working environment not only benefits the worker, but also the employer.”
ILOs SCORE Global team Expert Trainer, Jayantha R de Silva in his presentation explained that the SCORE short course in Sri Lanka which is run over three months is an abbreviated version of a longer course that is being successfully implemented in India, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Ghana, South Africa and Colombia since 2009. Of the 280 companies that have undergone the SCORE training, 70 per cent have reported improved workplace relations between managerial and floor level employees, 50 per cent of factories have reported cost savings, many reporting as much as $3,000-$15,000 cost savings within the first 2-3 months of training.
EFC’s Director General Mr. Ravi Peiris said, “This is something that is vital to focus on as the factory floor and enterprise operations are the nerve centre of employment relations in any organisation.”
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