Shop And Office Employees (Regulation Of Employment And Remuneration) (Amendment) Law

Shop And Office Employees (Regulation Of Employment And Remuneration) (Amendment) Law A LAW TO AMEND THE SHOP AND OFFICE EMPLOYEES (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND REMUNERATION) ACT. BE it enacted by the National State Assembly of the Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: Short title. 1. This Law may be cited as the Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) (Amendment) Law, No. 7 of 1975. Amendment of section 3 of Chapter 129. 2. Section 3 of the Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) Act is hereby amended as follows: (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor, of the following new subsection:- “(1) Subject to the provisions of any regulation referred to in subsection (3) and subject to the provisions of subsection (5), the normal period during which any person may be employed in or about the business of any shop or office- (a) on any one day shall not exceed eight hours, and (b) in any one week shall not exceed forty-five hours. The period referred to in this subsection shall not include any interval allowed for rest or for a meal under any provision of this Act, or any interruption permitted by any regulation referred to in subsection (3).” and (2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (4) of that section, of the following new subsection: – “(5) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to any person who holds an executive or managerial position in a public institution and who is in receipt of a consolidated salary the initial of the scale of which is not less than Rs. 6,720 per annum. Where any question arises as to whether any person holds an executive or managerial position, such question shall be decided by the Commissioner and his decision shall be final and conclusive. In this subsection, ” public institution ” shall have the same meaning as in section 24 of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971.