History and Structure

History

The Employers' Federation of Ceylon (EFC) is the principal organisation of employers dealing with labour and social issues in Sri Lanka.The EFC promotes employer interests at national level and provides a wide range of direct services to its members. The membership consists of individual employers representing different business interests.Many key organisations representing different business interests are also affiliated to the EFC.

Structure

The policy making body of the EFC is its Council which has 25 elected and co-opted members representing various groups of employers and the Secretariat. The Chairman of the EFC is the Chairman of the Council. The property of the EFC is vested in a Board of Trustees, chaired by the Chairman of the EFC. The executive arm of the EFC is the Secretariat, headed by the Director - General.

Presently the EFC has over 520 employers representing the following businesses:

1. Banking and Finance

2. Battery Manufacturers

3. Breweries

4. Brokering Services

5. Ceramics

6. Cinemas and Clubs

7. Engineering and Construction

8. Food Processing and Distribution

9. Funeral Undertakers

10. Garment and Hosiery Manufacturers

11. General Produce and Non-Traditional Exports

12. Hotels and Tourism

13. Importers, Exporters and Distributors

14. Lapidary

15. Manufacturers of Consumer and Non-consumer products

16. Motor and Transport

17. Match Manufacturers

18. Nursing Homes

19. Pharmaceutical

20. Plantation Management

21. Printing and Publishing

22. Property Developers

23. Schools

24. Shipping, Airlines and Communication

25. Shoe and Footwear Manufacturers

26. Shops & Supermarkets

27. Textiles

28. Wholesale & Retail Trade