CIPM discusses developing HR for sustainable growth with Labour Minister

Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara receiving the token of appreciation from CIPM President Ken Vijayakumar, with the other officials looking on

CIPM Sri Lanka, the nation’s leader in human resource management, recently held a fruitful discussion with Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, on Developing Human Resources for Sustainable Economic Growth of Sri Lanka at the CIPM Head Office ‘HR House’ in Colombo 5.

The discussions focused on enhancing human resources management in Sri Lanka, aligning with National HRM Standards, exploring the utilisation of the Gig Economy, proposal on reforming labour, setting up a Ministry for Human Resources Management, and establishing a governing body for professional education in the country.

CIPM President Ken Vijayakumar, Immediate Past President Jayantha Amarasinghe, Vice President Priyantha Ranasinghe, Hon. Secretary Priyankara Seneviratne, CEO U.A.C. Obeyesekere, and Director of Professional and Academic Affairs G. Weerathunga represented CIPM at the discussion.

“Our discussions with the Minister were fruitful, and we are confident that we will be in a position to implement the proposals that we have made to establish Sri Lanka along the lines of international best practices in human resource governance. This initiative aims to provide a systematic and accepted methodology for managing all people-related aspects of the economy, covering the entire cycle of identifying and training, hiring, promotion, rewarding, and retaining the workforce helping to lead Sri Lanka to join a handful of advanced economies who have succeeded in making a better tomorrow for their people,” said CIPM Sri Lanka President Ken Vijayakumar.

Amongst the tasks that CIPM Sri Lanka has already initiated in line with the above includes setting up national standards for human resource management together in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI) and setting up a Committee for Developing National Standards on Human Resource Management. The committee comprises nationally and internationally acclaimed HRM and business professionals, academics, and SLSI experts. Existing ISO, British, and American standards will be benchmarked as part of this exercise in formulating country-specific National HRM Standards.