Record groups of Department of Nationa Archives

Department of Labour

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Department of Labour

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1959-1984

History

The Indian Immigrant Labour Ordinance Act No.1 of 1923 made provision for the establishment of the Department of Indian Immigrant Labour in July 1923. In 1931 this department came under the Ministry of Labour, Industries and Commerce. It was assigned work pertaining to other categories of labour in addition to Indian Immigrant Labour. In 1956, the Department of Labour came under the Ministry of Labour, Housing and Social Services. Today this Department deals with wages and other conditions of work of Labour mainly safety, health and welfare of workers in factories, rcgi stration of domestic scrvants, employment, Employment Information and Training for Employment, Industrial Hygiene and Research, Labour Welfare, work ill connection with the International Labour Organisation.

Places

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Control area

Description identifier

LK-NA/DL

Institution identifier

LK-NA

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Final

Level of detail

Minimal

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language(s)

  • English
  • Sinhala
  • Tamil

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

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