Types of employment
Types of employment have significant consequences in law since it is used as a tool in determining the obligation owed by the employers towards their employees.In Sri Lanka following types of employment are largely speaking of. 01.Permanent Employees
Permanent employees is confirmed in the company and is eligible for all benefits specified.The organization is obliged to give him work on a continuous basis.Event if no work is provided, the organization has to make regular payments.
02. Probationers
A Probationers is an employee who enters into a contract of employment with the employer.The sole purpose of having a probationary period is to ascertain and evaluate the capability and capacity of the employee.Most often contract itself contains a provision for the extension of the probationary period.
03.Apprentice
An Apprentice cannot be considre as a workman or an employee.Thus there is no contract of service between an employer and employee.An Apprentice is merely acquring the knowledge of he/she is interested in and an employer merely undertakes to train him.
However some ststutes including industrial Dispute Act,EPF Act and Termination of employment Act, have brought in an Apprentice withing the definition of a workman.
04.Fixed Term Contract
Employee under a fixed term Contract is a person who is employed by the employer for a specified period of time and at the end of the said period contract is considered to be expired.
05.Casual Employees
A casual Employee is a person who is engaged in a particular job.In other words casual employees are engaged in work only when is available and cannot demand work from the employers.
06.Temporary Employees
A temporary employee is an employee taken to fulfill a temporary need.
Ex : A vacancy temporarily crated by a permanent employee going on maternity leave, overseas.
07.Seasonal Employments
A Person is engaged in a seasonal employment only for a particular season.Further not obliged in low to reemploy such worker.
Laws relating to employees
- shop & office employees Act No of 1954
- Wages board ordinance No 27 of 1941
- Employees provident fund Act No 15 of 1958
- Employee trust fund Act no of 1980
- The payment of gratuity Act No 32 of 1983
- Maternity Benefit Ordinance No 19 of 1939
- Workmen Compensation ordinance No 19 of 1934
- Factorial ordinance No 45 of 1942
- Industries dispute Act
- Trade union Ordinance
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