EFC

Established in 1929, the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) is the national employers’ organisation in Sri Lanka. Over the years, we have committed ourselves to adapt to the requirements of a dynamic membership to promote productive employment and social harmony. A unique feature of the EFC is that we provide a wide range of services to our member organisations which consist of individual employers representing different business interests.

Initially, the EFC was mainly involved in ‘firefighting’ and settlement of industrial disputes. This was a period when employer-employee relations were very adversarial and conflictual. Subsequently, with the opening of the economy, Sri Lanka became an attractive point of investment for many global and multinational Companies. Since the 1980s, the EFC brought in a new culture and expanded its services through which it promotes better workplace relations between employers and workers.

Today, it is a formidable organization which commands the attention of the policy makers in relation to labour policy and the EFC plays a very important role in terms of lobbying for labour reforms and changes in policy in the interest of employers in Sri Lanka. The EFC is recognized by all Trade and Business Chambers in Sri Lanka as the ‘voice of business’ in relation to employment law and industrial relations in Sri Lanka.