Cabinet approval has already been received for drafting the necessary laws. Once these laws are approved, all domestic servants would be entitled to EPF and ETF benefits as well as accident compensation payments.

The Minister said a minimum salary of Rs. 10,000 is applicable to domestic servants too. Minister Seneviratne disclosed this at a meeting held to mark the opening of the newly built Polonnaruwa District Labour Office recently.

The three storied labour office situated at Kaduruwela built at a cost of Rs. 158 million, has all modern facilities. It will provide services to nearly 50,000 employees attached to nearly 3,000 institutions in the Polonnaruwa District.