Labor

Labor policy and administration

PM signs health decree

As part of a long-planned project to overhaul the country’s social security system, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed into law yesterday a sub-decree effectively granting health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers. ...

Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-signs-health-decree

New maid training DIY

Cambodian recruitment agencies are drawing up more extensive training programs for maids being sent to Malaysia following a lifting of a ban on the practice in December. ...

Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-maid-training-diy

Bus protesters vow to defy court ban

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has ordered 50 former and current drivers of Capitol Tours Bus Company to cease their protest in front of its office, but the drivers – most of whom were fired last year – said yesterday they will not only ignore the ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19442/bus-protesters-vow-to-defy-court-ban/

Court will summon workers, owners over Bavet city riots

Factory owners and four jailed garment workers will be summoned today to appear at the Svay Rieng Provincial Court in the coming days to provide “clarification” over a series of walkouts and riots that struck two special economic zones (SEZs) in Bavet City last month, ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-will-summon-workers-owners-over-bavet-city-riots-104397/

Capitol bus drivers vow third day of protest

Police destroyed banners and confiscated a loudspeaker as heated protests continued outside the Capitol Tours bus company headquarters in Phnom Penh on Thursday, with more than 40 drivers demanding their jobs back. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/capital-bus-drivers-vow-third-day-of-protest-104238/

Labor advocate launches NGO to unite unions

In the tumultuous lead-up to and aftermath of the 2013 national election, when tens of thousands of people turned out for rallies and marches across the country, it was easy to think that those calling for change were speaking with one voice.But Moeun Tola and ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-advocate-launches-ngo-to-unite-unions-104171/

Tempers rise as K. Speu factory workers negotiations delayed again

Workers at a Korean-owned factory in Kampong Speu who lost their wages when their employer fled the country will have to wait until after the New Year’s festivities end to seek reparations from the building owner, with the provincial court delaying the meeting until January ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19348/tempers-rise-as-k--speu-factory-workers-negotiations-delayed-again/

Unions meet with lawmakers, raise concerns on draft law

Union leaders raised their concerns with a draft law aiming to regulate their activities—including a provision that they must report their finances every year—during their first meeting with CPP lawmakers on a new bipartisan committee formed to review the controversial bill before it goes to ...

Sek Odom and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-meet-with-lawmakers-raise-concerns-on-draft-law-104126/

Ministry toughens teen labour ID requirements

The Ministry of Labour has announced new regulations for hiring workers between the ages of 15 and 18, toughening identification requirements in a sector plagued by the use of fraudulent documents.The prakas, active since November 20, requires young workers to show at least three different ...

Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-toughens-teen-labour-id-requirements

Five more arrested over SEZs’s riot in Bavet city

At least five men were respectively arrested by police on Wednesday and Thursday for involvement in violence protest in two special economic zones (SEZs) in Svay Rieng province, Bavet city. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/five-more-arrested-over-sezs%E2%80%99s-riot-in-bavet-city-9123

First meeting for union law working group set

The National Assembly has announced the formation of a bipartisan working group, first promised earlier this month, to examine the controversial draft trade union law.The working group, which was established on Wednesday, is composed of five opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party members and five members ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/first-meeting-union-law-working-group-set

Hundreds of workers strike over conditions in capital

About 500 garment workers at the Mastex Incam factory in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district went on strike yesterday demanding better working conditions and benefits.The workers claim their employer has violated their rights under Cambodia’s labour law, and that their requests for intervention made ...

Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-workers-strike-over-conditions-capital

Police raid brothel, free seven girls

A group of seven Vietnamese and Cambodian girls were freed during a raid on a brothel in Battambang province on Wednesday night in which three suspected brokers were arrested, according to anti-human trafficking police. ...

Taylor O'Connell and Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-raid-brothel-free-seven-girls-103846/

Authorities block observers as Svay Rieng factory protests continue

Observers and trade union representatives said they were blocked from monitoring protests in Svay Rieng province, where striking workers clashed with security forces once again on Tuesday morning. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/authorities-block-observers-as-svay-rieng-factory-protests-continue/3113652.html

Major labor protest underway in industrial zone near Vietnam

Thousands of protesters in Svay Rieng province clashed with police Monday, as they continued a prolonged demonstration over the minimum wage in a special economic zone near the Vietnam border.Riot police dispersed protesters with water canons. Protesters threw stones at police. At least a 50 ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/major-labor-protest-under-way-in-industrial-zone-near-vietnam/3112380.html

Cops, protesters clash in Bavet

The border town of Bavet in Svay Rieng province was again roiled by unrest and alleged violence yesterday after police used fire hoses to disperse a crowd of striking garment workers, arresting 58 of them in the morning only to release them in the afternoon.About ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-protesters-clash-bavet

58 workers arrested, freed over protests at Bavet SEZs

Fifty-eight protesting workers from the Tai Seng special economic zone (SEZ) in Bavet City were arrested on Monday morning and released in the evening after agreeing not to use violence or damage property in the future, authorities said, the latest development in a bout of ...

Matt Blomberg and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/58-workers-arrested-freed-over-protests-at-bavet-sezs-103568/

Workers demand outstanding wages

Up to 90 former workers from defunct Korean-owned Keohwea International Garment Factory gathered in front of the vacant factory building in Kampong Speu’s Kaheng commune yesterday morning to demand that the owner of the building sell the machinery left there by the Korean business owner, ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18952/workers-demand-outstanding-wages/

Cambodia police break up 8,000 strong garment protest

Water cannons have been used to bring the angry protest by garment workers to an end. Thousands of people went on strike after they had been promised an 18 euro pay rise and only received half.   ...

DW News Staff
http://www.dw.com/en/cambodia-police-break-up-8000-strong-garment-protest/a-18931690

Workers sent to court over strikes in Bavet economic zones

Four workers were questioned at the Svay Rieng Provincial Court on Sunday for allegedly participating in violent protests that effectively shut down factory operations in two special economic zones (SEZs) in Bavet City last week, according to officials. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-sent-to-court-over-strikes-in-bavet-economic-zones-103532/

Workers join Korea day

More than 1,000 Cambodian workers working for eight South Korean companies here gathered yesterday at National Olympic Stadium for “Korea Day for Cambodian Friends,” a celebration of Korean culture and a chance to thank employees for their hard work. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18907/workers-join-korea-day/

Massive protest over minimum wage continues in Bavet

An unruly protest in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town entered its second day yesterday as thousands of garment workers from a number of special economic zones continued to throw stones and break windows as they demonstrated for a greater increase to the national garment industry ...

Chhay Channyda and Morn Vanntey
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/massive-protest-over-minimum-wage-continues-bavet

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