Sri Lanka, March 9 -- Advocata Institute says that, a regulatory barrier prevents Sri Lankan women achieving pay parity with their male counterparts despite recent legislative amendments have opened doors for women to work night shifts.
Despite the 2024 and 2026 liberalizations of the Shop and Office Employees Act (SOEA), which allowed women over 18 to work night shifts in IT, BPO, and hospitality sectors, women remain legally barred from maximizing their income due to rigid overtime restrictions.
Under current regulations, women cannot be employed under the Shop and Office Act for more than nine hours per day, a limit that strictly includes overtime. While Regulation 6 of the Act permits up to twelve hours of overtime per week, this dai...