Sri Lanka, Sept. 20 -- Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that Section 38 of the EPF Act will be amended to enable Labour Tribunal presidents to hear the enforcement cases pending at the Magistrate's Courts for several years to provide EPF benefits.

At present, there are many cases pending at the Magistrate's Courts to recover the EPF and ETF benefits and the recovery process takes about two to three years, the Minister told the Sunday Observer yesterday.

The Minister said if the case is called in the Magistrate's Court today the next calling date will be between four to six months.

Therefore, special legislation will be introduced to give that power to Labour Tribunals to dispose of these cases quickly.

He said the benefici...