No pension scheme under new amendment

The Employee’s Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill scheduled to be presented in Parliament for the second reading on Wednesday has no proposal to introduce a pension scheme, Labour and Labour Relations Minister Gamini Lokuge said. Addressing a press conference at the Information Department recently, the minister said that the clause which referred to setting up of a welfare pension scheme had been withdrawn by the government following discussions with the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC).

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‘Desire to find solution in govt-TNA talks’

Commenting on the ongoing talks between the government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Prof Rajiva Wijesinha MP, Presidential adviser for reconciliation and member of the government delegation for the govt-TNA discussions told the Daily News that “there is an increasing perception that there are many common factors between us and there is a desire on both sides to have a positive solution”.

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