Labor

Labor policy and administration

For some women, sex work is a choice, not a matter of trafficking

Cambodian sex workers are often thought of as victims of trafficking. And that may be true for some. For others, however, work in the country’s entertainment sectors offers financial security, and sex work becomes a choice. ...

Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-some-women-sex-work-is-a-choice-not-a-matter-of-trafficking/3065664.html

More than 100 faint at Kandal toy factory

Nearly 120 workers at a Kandal province toy factory fainted yesterday morning, with officials citing a nearby farmer spraying his fields with pesticide as the cause.​ ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-100-faint-kandal-toy-factory

Unions petition against draft union law, warn of protests

Several trade unions representing some of the garment sector’s 700,000 workers petitioned lawmakers on Monday to make important changes to a controversial draft union law before passing it and warned of mass protests if they were ignored. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-petition-against-draft-union-law-warn-of-protests-100508/

Maids, bride return after abuse abroad

Two Cambodian maids have been repatriated from Malaysia, and a bride has returned from China following allegations of mistreatment, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/maids-bride-return-after-abuse-abroad

55 garment workers injured in truck crash

Fifty-five garment workers from three factories were injured in a traffic accident on Thursday eve­ning when a truck carrying them home from work ran off a highway in Kompong Chhnang prov­ince, officials said. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/55-garment-workers-injured-in-truck-crash-100334/

Takeo factory dispute negotiations prove fruitless

Unionists, factory representatives and Labor Ministry officials on Thursday failed to find a solution for about 1,600 employees of a garment factory in Takeo province who were fired for striking last month, and the case will be passed along to the Arbitration Council, a ministry ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/takeo-factory-dispute-negotiations-prove-fruitless-100231/

Takeo garment workers protest at Ministry of Labour

More than 300 garment workers from Takeo province protested in front of the Ministry of Labour yesterday, following two weeks of strikes over working conditions.Workers requested intervention from the ministry over the dismissal of 1,000 striking workers as well as 13 demands including lunch money, ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/takeo-garment-workers-protest-ministry-labour

1,600 fired garment workers demand jobs back after strike

About 100 garment workers from a factory in Takeo province that supplies German sports brands Puma and Adidas protested in front of the Labor Ministry Wednesday to demand the reinstatement of about 1,600 staff fired last month for striking over inadequate benefits. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/1600-fired-garment-workers-demand-jobs-back-after-strike-100064/

Garment union demands go unanswered

Despite repeated threats of strikes, a coalition of garment sector unions is still waiting on a response from the Ministry of Labour for the wide-ranging reforms it called for last month, with plans to seek help from overseas. ...

Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-union-demands-go-unanswered

Returnee maid takes own life

A Tbong Khmum woman, whose family said she had been plagued by major personality changes and signs of mental illness since returning from working as a maid in Malaysia, hanged herself with a hammock cord in her house Sunday afternoon. ...

Sen David and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/returnee-maid-takes-own-life

Jailed Unionists in factory dispute released

Two workers from a garment factory in Kompong Speu province who were charged with a slew of crimes following their attempt last month to break away from the only union operating at their factory were released from jail on Friday, a court official and union ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jailed-unionists-in-factory-dispute-released-99777/

Young garment worker faints on shift, dies later

The Ministry of Labour is investigating the death of a 19-year-old female garment worker who fainted at a factory in Prey Veng on Thursday. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/young-garment-worker-faints-shift-dies-later

Wages not cutting into exports

Despite industry concerns that a minimum wage increase to $128 earlier this year would hurt Cambodia’s garment exports, the garment and footwear sector – a mainstay of the economy – showed robust growth for the first half of 2015, netting around $3 billion, according to ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wages-not-cutting-exports

Garment unions say strike threat is on table

A coalition of garment industry unions reiterated warnings yesterday that they will launch nationwide strikes calling for better conditions if Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng refuses to negotiate on previous demands. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-unions-say-strike-threat-table

Garment exports still ‘solid’ amid raises: ILO

Cambodia’s garment industry continued to perform “solidly” through the first half of the year, allaying fears that recent minimum wage increases would cripple one of the country’s main economic engines, according to the latest figures released by the International Labor Organization (ILO). ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-exports-still-solid-amid-raises-ilo-99270/

Nigerians decry immigration raid at church

About 400 parishioners at the Christian Evangelical International Ministry in Phnom Penh were singing hymns when 15 armed police officers rushed through the doors on Saturday and rounded up all of the Nigerian men present, according to Peter Ike, a preacher’s assistant at the church. ...

Sek Odom and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nigerians-decry-immigration-raid-at-church-99082/

Companies pledge to put worker rights before profits

Representatives of the private sector and rights groups met yesterday at a forum on business and human rights to discuss how Cambodia’s growing industry can protect the rights of its workers. ...

Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17249/companies-pledge-to-put-worker-rights-before-profits/

Angry truckers deliver petitions in capital

Dozens of military police were deployed in Phnom Penh on Wednesday as about 80 truck drivers rallied outside the General Department of Cus­toms and Excise demanding tax breaks and for right-hand drive vehicles to be legalized, an official said. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angry-truckers-deliver-petitions-in-capital-98650/

Four women come home after being trafficked

Four women are on their way back to cambodia after being forced to work under brutal conditions in malaysia, the foreign ministry said yesterday. The four had fled their workplace and sought help from the cambodian embassy. ...

Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17252/four-women-come-home-after-being-trafficked/

Bus company promises changes after boycott

The bus company under-fire for a string of reported crimes allegedly committed by their staff, including a recent sexual assault – have pledged to introduce new measures and training to limit such incidents in the future. ...

Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17242/bus-company-promises-changes-after-boycott/

Work permit applications surge amid crackdown

Since the government began its crackdown nearly one year and a half ago on foreigners without work permits, it has seen applications for work permits skyrocket alongside revenues from fines. ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17213/work-permit-applications-surge-amid-crackdown/

Union agrees to stop protests; factory to set aside complaint

Demonstrations surrounding the establishment of a new union at a garment factory in Kompong Speu province ended Monday after management dropped their complaint against two jailed workers in exchange for protesters agreeing to return to their jobs, a court official and unionists said. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-agrees-to-stop-protests-factory-to-set-aside-complaint-98387/

Campaign calls to stop sexual harassment in the workplace

A campaign to stop sexual harassment at the workplace will be at the center of efforts to curb violence against women over the next year, NGO representatives said at a meeting with government officials Sunday.​ ...

Meghan Tribe
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/campaign-calls-to-stop-sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace-98235/

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