Garment employees excluded from Pension Scheme

Government today decided to exempt the employees working in the country’s Free Trade Zones from the proposed Private Sector Pension Scheme.

The Minister of  Labour and Labour Relations Gamini Lokuge said that employees in the garment sector and the affiliated industry will not be included into this proposed Private Sector Pension Scheme.

The government has already proposed a Pension Scheme for private sector employees and the Public Enterprises.

 

Source: Government News Portal