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The government will revoke the procedure followed when imposing an age limit for job recruitment, State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne told Parliament today.
Speaking during the debate of the second reading of the budget, he said the ability for a person to perform a job was more important than the age factor.
“This move will empower women to enter the national workforce. In the present context, women’s contribution to the economy is minimal. Only 6 per cent of women were employed in 2006, but the number has risen to 36 per cent today. When compared to men, more females take up to tertiary education. Private sector companies are reluctant to recruit women as they should be given benefits as per the legislation. This is precisely why the government decided to alleviate the burden and offer tax concessions to companies that provide benefits to women,” he said. (Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)
OffTheCuff Tuesday, 12 March 2019 06:24 AM
Well said. Age is just a number.
Mohamed Tuesday, 12 March 2019 05:59 PM
Hope atleast our CEO and HR will stop think 40 yeras of SriLanakn equal to 65 years of Western country. 40 mean old manager need to be below 35 . What a joke
weera Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:49 PM
Are the Politicians included??
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