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  Labourers are plays a vital role in the plantation industry and very sensitive issue since there are  human intervention. Hence we should handle this scenario very carefully. Either government or tea factory owners can't solve this problem stand alone. Both parties should work together and find solutions to give following remedies, Attractive daily wages To upgrade their livelihood Opportunity for quality education for their children High standard medical facilities Good infrastructure facilities

  https://www.srilankateaboard.lk/ http://www.plantation.gov.lk/index.php?lang=en PDF) Labor Issue in Tea Plantation Sector in Sri Lanka https://images.app.goo.gl/v8hqpE5mcomV6vA38 

  More than 300,000 people are engaging with plantation industry. However they are still suffering from the following issues, Low wages Very poor housing facilities Malnutrition foods Poor education for their children Poor infrastructure facilities

  Other problems facing plantation industry, Market price fluctuation High cost of production Climate change Labour scarcity Increase of input prices ( Fertiliser, Chemical etc )

We can identified three main causes for the labour shortage as  Increase in demand Decrease in supply Government intervention

  WHAT IS LABOUR SHORTAGE If there is not enough labour force to fulfil the job market. A labour shortage can be identified by comparing the number of jobs available in the market and unemployment rate prevailing in the market.