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Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
About 1,000 migrants sent home
About 1,000 Cambodians allegedly working illegally in Thailand were arrested and deported after the Thai government declared an end to a grace period for labourers, a member of the official receiving committee at the border in Poipet said Monday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/about-1000-migrants-sent-home
Workers to get cash compensation
The Ministry of Labour on Friday announced that more than 1,000 workers from three factories in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district can come to collect cash compensation at a district hall following the absconding of their employers. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506950/workers-to-get-cash-compensation/
Workers seek pay after owner shutters factory
Some 300 garment workers from Kbal Koh Garment factory in Chbar Ampov district in Phnom Penh, whose owner unexpectedly shut the factory in January last year, protested again outside the Ministry of Labour on Tuesday to seek compensation. ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-seek-pay-after-owner-shutters-factory
Migrants face Thai deadline
The Ministry of Labour on Monday pledged to document what it says are the remaining 10,000 illegal Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand by the end of June. All remaining undocumented Cambodian workers after the deadline passes face repatriation by Thai authorities. ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-face-thai-deadline
Workers to get three days off for polls
The Ministry of Labour instructed factories and enterprises in the Kingdom to give workers three days off in order to cast their ballots in the July 29 national elections, stating that salaries and bonuses should remain unaffected. The move raised eyebrows with a former opposition ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-get-three-days-polls
Gawon strike continues
A Phnom Penh district authority supplied trucks for more than 100 workers from the First Gawon Apparel factory on Tuesday morning after they attempted to walk from the factory to the Ministry of Labour. The workers were again seeking Ministry of Labour intervention in a ...
Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gawon-strike-continues
Labour Law revision could hurt employers: GMAC
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia welcomed the approval of the amendment of article 89 of the Labour Law on worker protection and severance pay by the government on Friday, but the organisation’s head said the move could financially burden employers. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50494469/labour-law-revision-could-hurt-employers-gmac/
NCCT investigating and closing down factories over child labour
The permanent vice chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) delivered a progress report on efforts to eradicate child labour in the Kingdom on Tuesday, saying that factories are being investigated, and some shut down, for employing children illegally. ...
Factory workers to march to ministry after salaries unpaid
Aggrieved workers of First Gawon Apparel (Cambodia) plan to march to the offices of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) again on Tuesday, seeking a solution from the ministry in a salary dispute that has dragged on for more than five months. Heng ...
Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-workers-march-ministry-after-salaries-unpaid
GMAC says new labour policy could hurt business
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia yesterday issued a statement asking for the Labour Ministry to reconsider its intent to amend article 89 concerning worker protection and severance pay. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50491048/gmac-says-new-labour-policy-could-hurt-business/
Workers protest at ministry
About 100 workers from First Gawon Apparel gathered in front of the Ministry of Labour in Phnom Penh on Wednesday asking for intervention on their behalf in a dispute with their employer. The workers claim the company has not paid their salaries for more than ...
Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-protest-ministry
All factories need infirmaries by year’s end
The Labour Ministry has announced that all factories across the country must have their own infirmary completed by the end of this year, noting that 88 percent of factories having built infirmaries already. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487734/all-factories-need-infirmaries-by-years-end/
Thailand to improve processing of migrant workers
Cambodian and Thai Labour Ministry officials met once again in Siem Reap province over the weekend and asserted their commitment to strengthen cooperation by agreeing to accelerate the legal identification process of Cambodian workers in Thailand. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50484751/thailand-to-improve-processing-of-migrant-workers/
Youths encouraged to become engineers
Senior government officials said yesterday that Cambodia needs about 35,000 engineers between 2018 and 2020 to serve in several sectors. Pich Sophorn, secretary of state at the Labour Ministry and also vice chairman of the Board of Engineers Cambodia, said yesterday at the board’s annual ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50484406/youths-encouraged-to-become-engineers/
Unpaid workers planning procession
Workers at the First Gawon Apparel factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district are planning a procession to many different institutions as well as Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house next week to request intervention in a dispute over wages. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303356/unpaid-workers-planning-procession/
Korea grants Labour Ministry $3.1 million
During a Khmer New Year visit to South Korea, Labour Minister Ith Samheng on Monday signed a $3.1 million agreement with his South Korean counterpart to empower Cambodia’s public employment services over the next four years. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303054/korea-grants-labour-ministry-3-1-million/
Ministries team up to boost silk industry
Two government agencies got together to sign an agreement to boost and develop the silk sector in Cambodia. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed this month by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) seeks to boost local raw ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50302968/ministries-team-up-to-boost-silk-industry/
Garment workers to be reimbursed
The Ministry of Labour on Tuesday released the names of four factories whose workers will be compensated after their employers absconded owing back pay and severance. Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng said abandoned workers at Benoh Apparel, Yu Fa Garment Industry, Great Honour Textile Factory ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers-be-reimbursed
PM vows to halt surprise factory closings
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday pledged his commitment to preventing garment factory owners from escaping their obligations to workers by closing their factories without warning, even as the current lack of a formal system for dealing with such situations has left at least one ...
Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-vows-halt-surprise-factory-closings
ADB to launch $60M Labour Ministry program next year
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to establish a new $60 million program focused on developing local technical skills and increasing the competitiveness of Cambodia’s labour force in 2019, according to Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-launch-60m-labour-ministry-program-next-year
Minister agrees to final talk on draft minimum wage law
The government has accepted a request from a senior officer of the US State Department to hold another discussion on the draft minimum wage law before it is approved. After meeting with Sarah Morgan, an official with the US Office of International Labour Affairs, Labour Minister ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114873/minister-agrees-to-final-talk-on-draft-minimum-wage-law/
Canada praises progress in factory labour conditions
Donica Pattie, Canada’s Ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, on Friday lauded Cambodia’s recent advancements in factory labour conditions, which she said might prompt Canada to increase purchases from Cambodian textile manufacturers, according to a high-ranking Cambodian official. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114733/canada-praises-progress-in-factory-labour-conditions/
Minister wants doctors at factory infirmaries
The Minister of Labour yesterday suggested that recently graduated doctors should find work at factory infirmaries following a government push for garment factories to take better care of their workers. ...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114377/workers-to-be-informed-of-their-labour-rights/
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Workers to be informed of their labour rights
The Labour Ministry will send more than 200 trainers to factories and relevant institutes to educate workers about labour rights. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Soeung Sarsochetta, secretary of state at the Labour Ministry, said 250 trainers from the Labour Ministry would go to factories, businesses ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114377/workers-to-be-informed-of-their-labour-rights/