Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 15. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- " collective agreement " has the same meaning as in the Industrial Disputes Act; " Commissioner of Labor" means the person for the time being holding the office of the Commissioner of Labour and includes a Deputy Commissioner of Labour or an Assistant Commissioner of Labour ; " employer " includes a body of employers whether that body is a body corporate or not; " hourly rate " means the rate obtained by dividing the monthly rate payable to a trainee by 240 or the daily rate payable to a. trainee by 8, as the case may be; " registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Ordinance or an ayurvedic practitioner registered under the Ayurveda Act, No, 31 of 1961; " trainee " means a person with whom an employer enters into a contract of training under section 2. |