Family Responsibilities

This page was last updated on: 2025-01-18

Paternity Leave

There is no provision for paternity leave in the labour & employment laws of Sri Lanka.

There is no provision in the law on paid or unpaid parental leave.

No provisions could be located in the law supporting work-life balance for parents or workers with family responsibilities.

Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) Act, 1954, last amended in Act, No. 28 of 2024, Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers Act 2016

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