The Superintendent of Siri Kandura Estate and Another v. Lanka Estate Workers Union – sllr 1994 volume 2 page 123

In the case between The Superintendent of Siri Kandura Estate and Another and Lanka Estate Workers Union, the court addressed whether a workman engaged in repair and maintenance on a rubber plantation is entitled to wages according to the Building Trades or Rubber Growing and Manufacturing Trade wage regulations, and whether refusal of alternative work constitutes voluntary vacation of employment. It was held that the wage rates applicable were those prescribed for the Rubber Growing and Manufacturing Trade, not the Building Trades, for workers on rubber plantations exceeding 25 acres. The findings further established that refusal by the workman to accept offered alternative employment amounted to voluntary vacation of the post, negating claims for reinstatement and back wages. The princip