Formal labor

The government should improve social security and protection of domestic workers through legislation, urged the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA) and Oxfam, stressing that they deserve the same rights granted to other workers, such as access to fair working conditions and healthcare. ...

A forum by Independent Democratic Association of the Informal Economy (IDEA) and Oxfam, in conjunction with International Domestic Workers Day on Sunday, saw workers call for measures and solutions from policymakers. ...

The Ministry of Labour is continuing to urge the relevant authorities and the Ministry of Public Works and transport to conduct regular inspections of the large vehicles which are used to transport factory workers, as well as their drivers, in order to reduce traffic accidents ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training shared that over 120,000 applications have been received for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes in the past 500 days, indicating the contribution the programme will make to enhancing the national workforce. ...

Following mediation by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Tuesday, May 20, the Color Star (Cambodia) Product Co., Ltd. factory has pledged to provide compensation to workers who do not wish to relocate to the company’s new site. ...

About 500 workers of Color Star Cambodia Product Co Ltd in Prek Chrey village, Phnom Penh protested and blocked the road for two consecutive days after the factory announced that it is moving to a new location, about 40 kilometers away. ...

Following mediation by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Tuesday, May 20, the Color Star (Cambodia) Product Co., Ltd. factory has pledged to provide compensation to workers who do not wish to relocate to the company’s new site.​ ...

Demands for a better minimum wage and work conditions for skilled labor and informal workers were made over the week through social media platforms by union representatives, civil society organizations (CSOs) and workers in order to escape debt traps, in conjunction with the 139th International ...

“The government is ambitious about creating and expanding decent working conditions, while promoting sustainable and resilient long-term growth for the collective benefit of citizens, especially workers and employees, ‘under the cool shade of peace’,” said Prime Minister Hun Manet in a letter released to mark ...

Nearly 200 companies have been authorised to recruit, train, and send Cambodian workers abroad to work in four nations. Any recruitment agencies operating outside this framework should be considered illegal and will be subject to legal action. ...

Remittances sent back to the Kingdom by Cambodian workers abroad increased to approximately $2.95 billion in 2024, with about 1.38 million Cambodians working overseas. ...

Employers’ representatives have proposed a $2 increase to the monthly minimum wage for the Kingdom’s factory workers in 2025, while workers’ representatives called for raises of $6, $7 or $10. ...

The National Employment Agency (NEA) of the Ministry of Labour and Vocation Training (MLVT) provided 3,380 careers for 17,535 Cambodians registered in the job searching platform for the first semester of this year.​​ ...

Union leader Morm Rithy was arrested after being convicted on charges of incitement to commit a crime following a lawsuit by Chinese-owned Jin Bei Group and has been sent to Prey Sar prison where he will serve an 18-month sentence. ...

The Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU) demands that Kampong Speu Provincial Court drop the criminal charge against Chea Chan, union president of Wing Star Shoes, and release him. ...

With the arrival of a new calendar year, workers in textile, garment, footwear, and travel goods factories are set to enjoy a new minimum monthly salary of $204. The new figure is $4 higher than the 2023 wage. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced that nearly 20,000 young people from disadvantaged households registered for and received vocational training in the 45 days between November 15 and December 30. ...

The National Career and Productivity Fair 2023, scheduled for Nov. 10 and 11, will offer more than 20,000 vacancies for potential young people and interested workers. ...

Dr Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Friday encouraged all the informal workers and enterprises to participate in the formal economy. ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has begun the third payments of its 13th round of cash transfer programme to more than 700,000 impoverished and vulnerable households. The programme began during the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that Thailand has responded to Cambodia’s concerns about suggestions that the Move Forward Party of Thailand would repatriate Cambodian and Laos migrant workers from Thailand. The Thai party confirmed that none of their policies involved the repatriation of workers from ...

The Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued a joint press statement calling on all relevant ministries and institutions to cooperate in the fight against human trafficking and to effectively implement foreign labour inspection work. ...

Sitting on his cyclo – bicycle powered rickshaws with a passenger seat in front of the driver – and wearing a white plastic rain parka, Chheng Sam Ol was guessing that once it started raining there’d be no more customers for him to drive that ...

The government has launched a social security pension fund aimed at providing retirement benefits to private sector employees, in a move applauded by civil society groups and workers. ...