19 June 2018 06:26 pm
Responding to a journalist at a news conference, he said following a discussion with the National Salaries' and Cadres' Commission, the chairman had agreed to introduce a separate service minute for the department.
The minister said there was a delay in resolving the matter, as the commission had failed to provide a positive response and a Cabinet sub-committee decision had recommended a tailored recruitment procedure with the involvement of the trade unions to be handed over within a month.
He invited all postal workers to report for duty and said he would inform Parliament and the Cabinet of the shortcomings in the Public Administration circular 06/2006. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)
-Pix by Samantha Perera