Labor policy and administration

On 22 December 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a press release on the outcome of the meeting to resolve labor disputes of Naga World Limited. On 21 December 2021, the Meeting agreed to continue to resolve the demands of 360 Naga ...

On 01 December 2021, Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) issued a joint statement on severe violations of the labour rights and basic freedoms of the trade union at NagaWorld Limited. Trade union confederations, federations, associations and civil society organisations ...

On 01 December 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the delay for applying for a permit to use foreign labor in 2022. Some factory owners or directors are still late in applying for foreign labor permits for 2022, so ...

On 11 October 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (70th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (70th) under social protection program to a total of 1,465 workers in 21 factories ...

On 30 July 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued a notification on cooperation to suspend travel or mobility from the accommodation of Cambodian workers who are staying and working in Thailand to the Cambodian-Thai border for 14 days.The Ministry informs Cambodian workers ...

On 09 December 2020, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an announcement on the extension of application for the use of foreign workforce 2021. The Ministry also reminds owners or directors of enterprises/establishments who need to use foreign workforce for 2021 to hurry ...

On 10 September 2020, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued a press release on a monthly minimum wage for 2021. Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to add $2 on top of $190 bringing the total to $192 per month for the minimum ...

On 7 October 2019, the union, association, and civil society organizations issued a joint statement to show their disappointment over the Notification No. 035 of Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, dated October 5, 2019, on “reauthorization of self-employed foreigners”. The allowance of self-employed foreigners in ...

On 10 June 2019, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an instruction on payment of new seniority indemnity for enterprises in garment and footwear industries to properly implement Prakas No. 443 K.B/Br.K.Kh.L issued on 21 September 2018 on payment of seniority indemnity. The instruction includes ...

On 10 June 2019, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an instruction on payment of new seniority indemnity in each year from 2019 (for all enterprises and establishments) to properly implement Prakas No. 443 K.B/Br.K.Kh.L issued on 21 September 2018 on payment of seniority indemnity. ...

On 26 March 2018, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on being a host of 3 events on ASEAN-Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET) from 02-04 April 2018 at Empress Angkor Resort and Spa Hotel in ...

On the afternoon of 05 October 2017, the Labor Advisory Committee had conducted the 17th Meeting, at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, to continue reviewing and discussing on the results of the tripartite technical working groups and discuss setting a minimum wage for ...

The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a list of private recruiting agencies that had been approved by the Ministry to recruit, train, send and supervise Cambodian workers to work abroad. This aims at  (1)notifying Cambodia citizens and the public, and (2) protecting the ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) is looking for a renewed focus on productivity following the conclusion of this month’s minimum wage negotiations, while supporting calls for clothing buyers to implement more sustainable purchasing practices. ...

The Ministry of  Labour and Vocational Training will organize a workshop on “Mechanisms and Criteria for Determining Minimum Wages in Cambodia” on 22 September 2015 from 8:30 am, at a meeting room A of the ministry’s office. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training informs workers, employees, employers, technical organizations, and national and international organizations that discussions on the minimum wages for 2016, whereby tripartite (representatives of workers/employees, employers and the government) comes together, will begin from July 2015 while January 01, ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training denied the report that was published on 12 March 2015 by Human Rights Watch (HRW), and considered it as professionally baseless. The ministry asserted that international communities, retailers and International Labour Organization (ILO) agreed Cambodia’s better labor standards were ...

Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training informs owners and directors of factories about requests for approvals from the ministry if they wish their workers and employees to work overtime. This overtime work is based on agreements of the workers and employees while the total time ...

Jointly funded by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the project “Improving Industrial Relations in Cambodia’s Garment Industry” will be executed by the International Labour Organization (ILO). ...

Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) expressed its dissatisfaction on the decision of fixing minimum wage in a new level of 123 USD, which later on the government decided unilaterally add 5 USD more, making the new applied minimum wage up to 128 USD in ...

On 12 November 2014,​​ the Labor Advisory Committee (LAC) convened to consider and discuss the proposals of minimum wage levels of 110 USD, 121 USD and 140 USD. In an attempt to bridge the gap between the two parties, the government side proposed a minimum ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) would like to inform that the ministry has closely cooperated with International Labor Organization (ILO) aiming at strengthening the mechanisms as well as defining the criteria for determining minimum wage for workers and employees in the textile, ...

The International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme today releases its 3rd online Transparency Report covering the period from July to September 2014. The report presents working conditions for 248 of Cambodia’s garment factories. ...

The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia project, together with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Angkor Research and Consulting Ltd., today release a few summary results of the baseline survey for the “Study on the Impact of Food Provision on Garment Workers’ Health and ...