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  REASONS FOR LABOUR OUT GOING FROM THE TEA PLANTATION SECTOR IN SRI LANKA A.S.Chandrabose Department of Social Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka asboseou@yahoo.com Tea plantations were introduced in Sri Lanka by the British during the early part of 19th century and rapidly developed into a major economic activity and led to the development of a new social structure in Sri Lanka. In the Tea Plantation sector skill workers are the main Resource of the Organization, in this sector regular supply of Labour is essential throughout the year and the requirement is not only for the field work but also for Manufacturing for tea in Plantation sector. Specially Pluckers are essential for this job. Nature of Works in the Tea Plantation Pattern of employment for the workers in the tea plantations has significantly changed over the last three decades, although plucking of tea leaves still continues with manual labour. It was mainly performed by the female workers, but it ha...

HIGHER OIL PRICES PUSH SRI LANKA INTO DEEPER ECONOMIC CRISIS Introduction Introduction Factors affecting domestic inflation could generally be divided into two categories. Demand side and supply side factors that could arise domestically or externally. on the demand side there are monetary policy, fiscal policy, wage policy and seasonal factors such as festivities affect inflation On the supply side, weather, cost of inputs, level of food production and changes in administered prices have an impact on inflation. Foreign prices and rupee depreciation are the main external factors affecting inflation. Rising oil prices, loose monetary and fiscal policies, upward revision of administered prices such as passenger transport fares and electricity tariff. Pricing Mechanism of Petroleum Products Until 2002, domestic prices of petroleum products were strictly administrated and for most of the time, were below the cost, even when the international prices were high. The difference between...

  INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   Human Resource Management Human Resource was first used in the early 1900s and broadly in 1960s to describe the people who work for the organizations., Human Resource Management is employee management with an importance on employees as assets of the business also sometimes the employees referred as human capital. Goal of the HRM is to make effective use of employees, reducing risk and maximizing return on investment. Human resource management is the exercise of recruiting, hiring, deploying and managing an organization's employees. In a company or an Organization Human Resource department is responsible for creating, putting into effect and overseeing policies governing workers and the relationship of the organization with its employees Human Resource Management is a series of combined decisions that form the employment relationship, their quality contributes to the ability to the organizations and the employees to achi...