Ministries and other national bodies
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
No evidence of child labor at brick factories, gov’t says
The Labor Ministry says that it is investigating fresh allegations of widespread child labor at the country’s brick-making factories, but claims to have found no evidence as of yet. The ministry made the announcement on Friday, hours after the release of a new report by local ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-evidence-child-labor-brick-factories-government-says-121475/
Committee for work safety created
The government has established the National Committee for Health and Work Safety, to comprise in part officials from relevant ministries to review, give counsel and spread information related to health and work safety. According to a sub-decree dated Monday and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...
Mom kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32302/committee-for-work-safety-created/
Minimum wage for all a step closer
The Ministry of Labor said yesterday that it was working with experts and International Labor Organization (ILO) officials to create a draft law laying out the monthly minimum wage for workers in a variety of fields outside the garment and textile industry, which late last ...
Mom kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31388/minimum-wage-for-all-a-step-closer/
Thousands of Cambodians going to work abroad every month
Up to 10,000 Cambodians seek legal employment abroad every month, according to a Labor Ministry official, and some civil society groups are not pleased with the large exodus of workers from the country. Labor Minister Ith Samheng told reporters on Wednesday that the government sends thousands ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31111/thousands-of-cambodians-going-to-work-abroad-every-month/
Government, labor body cement ties
Because of improved working conditions in garment and footwear factories across the Kingdom, the government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue implementing the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program for three more years. During a celebration commemorating the 15th anniversary of BFC, Labor Minister ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30981/government--labor-body-cement-ties/
Malaysia MoU expands beyond domestic work
Labour Minister Ith Samheng and Malaysian Ambassador to Cambodia Dato’ Sri Hasan Malek yesterday announced that three more categories of workers are being added to a December agreement to send domestic workers to Malaysia. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malaysia-mou-expands-beyond-domestic-work
Garment wage vote set for tomorrow
Representatives for garment sector employers and employees will vote on Wednesday for their respective final proposals for the new minimum wage next year. Two weeks ago, members of the tripartite minimum wage negotiations began a series of meetings to discuss their various salary proposals. The Garment Manufacturers ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30213/garment-wage-vote-set-for-tomorrow/
Familiar wage figure floated by minister
In the midst of annual minimum wage negotiations, Minister of Labour Ith Samheng used a visit from members of the Southeast Asian Youth Programme to reiterate that the minimum wage for garment workers would reach at least $160 a month by 2018, state media reported. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/familiar-wage-figure-floated-minister
Unions, GMAC at the table
Employer representatives and trade unions sat down across from each other for the first time yesterday for head-to-head negotiations over next year’s garment sector minimum wage, with factory owners reluctantly offering a small $2 increase to their earlier proposal of $144.20. ...
Lay Samean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-gmac-table
Gov’t, GMAC meet over minimum wage
The Ministry of Labour yesterday met with the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, the industry trade group, to discuss the reasons behind the latter’s proposal of a $144 monthly minimum wage. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-gmac-meet-over-minimum-wage
CARE: females slog but paid less
Female workers are still being paid less than their male counterparts on construction sites, while building companies value male construction workers as more skilled than women, according to a CARE Cambodia report released Friday. CARE’s research paints a comprehensive picture of the situation of women working ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29596/care--females-slog-but-paid-less/
Employers want $144 min. Wage
Employers released their starting figure for the new minimum wage yesterday, saying in an open letter that they planned to enter tripartite negotiations with $144.20 per month as their goal for 2017. In a letter from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed by secretary-general ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29504/employers-want--144-min--wage/
Fleeing factory owners to pay
The Ministry of Labor is preparing to enact regulations that would provide some amount of monetary relief to workers left in the lurch by factory owners who flee the country. The widespread practice has led to a number of months-long protests as more and more factory ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29438/fleeing-factory-owners-to-pay/
Ministry tells interns in Japan to behave
Cambodian interns working in Japan on the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) must not run away from their employer or seek work with a firm different to the one they are contracted with, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training said in a statement last ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29372/ministry-tells-interns--in-japan-to-behave/
Labour Minister seeks strike-free minimum wage talks
Labour Minister Ith Samheng yesterday told stakeholders involved in the upcoming minimum wage negotiations to base their demands on the country’s economic situation, and not to try to influence the process through protests or demonstrations. Talks over the 2017 minimum wage for the garment sector are ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-minister-seeks-strike-free-minimum-wage-talks
Private firm takes over responsibility for work permits
The Ministry of Labor passed all responsibility for foreign work permits today to E-Solutions (Cambodia) Co., leaving a multitude of unanswered questions about the private company that will process, produce and distribute the permits online. Ministry spokesman Heng Sour declined to answer questions about the company, ...
Sek Odom and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/private-firm-takes-responsibility-work-permits-117428/
More Cambodian women trafficked to Saudi, officials say
The number of Cambodian women now thought to be caught in Saudi Arabia’s sex industry after being trafficked in the past year has risen to more than 20, officials said on Wednesday. However, the government remained tight-lipped about its efforts to rescue the women, while two ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-women-trafficked-saudi-officials-say-117126/
MoL to consider ratifying maids’ rights convention
The Ministry of Labour has said it will consider the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA)’s request to ratify an International Labour Organization convention on domestic workers’ rights. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mol-consider-ratifying-maids-rights-convention
Nepotism complaint at institute
Sixteen former staff members at the Sihanoukville provincial Multi-Technical Training Institute filed a sweeping complaint against the school’s married directors with the Ministry of Labor over the weekend. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27480/nepotism-complaint-at-institute/
Union law kicks in a month late
Unions expressed their continued dissatisfaction with the new Trade Union Law after the Ministry of Labor reminded them on Tuesday that it officially took effect last month. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26694/union-law-kicks-in-a-month-late/
South Korea seeking more migrant workers in ’16
The number of migrant workers who will travel to South Korea this year will nearly double compared with last year, according to the Labour Ministry. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-seeking-more-migrant-workers-16
Child labor rampant in kingdom
Cambodia’s dependence on illegal child labor, despite its small population, is endemic compared to neighboring countries, according to Veng Heang, director of the Child Labor Department at the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26438/child-labor-rampant-in-kingdom/
Cost of state healthcare announced
According to a Labor Ministry prakas, or official statement, both employers and employees will be responsible for paying 1.3 percent of an employees’ monthly salary to the government for state-supplied health insurance guaranteed to all workers under the Labor Law. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26176/cost-of-state-healthcare-announced/
Minimum wage talks scheduled
The Ministry of Labor has instructed employers and unions in the country’s crucial garment sector to begin preparations for the next round of minimum wage negotiations. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minimum-wage-talks-scheduled-113638/