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Labor policy and administration

Four factories see 118 faintings

More than 100 workers across four garment factories in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Takeo provinces fainted yesterday. National Social Security Fund (NSSF) officials said 45 workers at C N Prosperous Garment (Cambodia) Co Ltd in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district fainted yesterday, after more than ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-factories-see-118-faintings

Cambodia union warns about fainting garment factory workers

The president of one of Cambodia’s largest labor unions representing the apparel sector expressed concern on Thursday about the growing number of garment factory workers fainting from overwork and harsh factory conditions during the past few days. ...

RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/union-warns-about-fainting-garment-factory-workers-07022015155840.html

Minister urges Thailand to extend visa registration

Cambodia’s minister of foreign affairs yesterday urged the Thai government to extend the registration window for undocumented migrant workers, with more than 100,000 Cambodians facing deportation following the expiration of Tuesday’s deadline. ...

Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-urges-thailand-extend-visa-registration

Mass fainting occur at 2 garment factories in Cambodia

Some 82 Cambodian garment workers at two different factories fainted on Tuesday morning, and a labor official cited poor health for the cause of their fainting. Mass fainting has subsequently occurred in Cambodian garment factories. According to the NSSF, some 557 workers got fainted in ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/mass-fainting-occur-at-2-garment-factories-in-cambodia-8730

Rescued fishermen return from Indonesia

Eight more rescued Cambodian fishermen were repatriated Tuesday from Indonesia’s Ambon Island, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, following the return of 230 others two weeks ago. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rescued-fishermen-return-from-indonesia-86995/

Nine Unionists arrested during demonstration at Takeo factory

Police in Takeo province on Tuesday arrested nine union officials during a protest outside an electronics factory where workers have been striking for almost three weeks, demanding wages equal to their peers in the garment sector. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nine-unionists-arrested-during-demonstration-at-takeo-factory-86986/

Factory says not responsible for protesting workers’ injuries

A lawyer for a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, where four women were injured last week when a truck driver slammed into a group of protesters, said Monday the factory was not responsible because the workers had thrown themselves in front of ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-says-not-responsible-for-protesting-workers-injuries-86892/

Record year for arbitral cases

The independent dispute resolution body established to help workers and employers in Cambodia resolve labor disputes had its busiest year ever in 2014. ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12605/record-year-for-arbitral-cases/

Rescue at sea ends hours-long ordeal

After enduring hours lost in turbulent waters, seven men were rescued yesterday after being flung from their fishing boat as it overturned in an early morning storm off Sihanoukville, officials said. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rescue-sea-ends-hours-long-ordeal

Vietnamese swept up for deportation

Nearly 100 Vietnamese laborers were detained for deportation Tuesday after they were found to be working in the country illegally during a sweep of construction sites on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island as part of the Interior Ministry’s seemingly arbitrary enforcement of the immigration law. ...

Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnamese-swept-up-for-deportation-on-koh-pich-86315/

Trade Unions agree on $177 wage demand

A group of nine trade unions representing some of the country’s 700,000 garment workers agreed on Monday to push for a $177 monthly minimum wage for the sector during fast-approaching negotiations, matching the figure they unsuccessfully lobbied for last year. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/trade-unions-agree-on-177-wage-demand-86349/

Three Chinese jailed over plot to traffic girls

Three Chinese nationals were jailed by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for attempting to smuggle four teenage Cambodian girls to China, while the sentences of two Cambodians involved in the trafficking operation were reduced to time served. ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-chinese-jailed-over-plot-to-traffic-girls-86204/

Pizzeria manager charged over forcing teen to work, have sex

The Moldovan manager of an Italian pizzeria and wine shop in Phnom Penh was on Monday charged with the “unlawful removal” of a 19-year-old girl from her home country whom she allegedly forced to work without pay and subjected to sexual exploitation, according to officials ...

Saing Soenthrith and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pizzeria-manager-charged-over-forcing-teen-to-work-have-sex-86206/

Women repatriated from China, Malaysia

Three Cambodian women were repatriated this weekend after being duped by brokers and sent to into inhumane circumstances abroad, including forced marriage and unpaid labour, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-repatriated-china-malaysia

Crackdown on visas, work permits

A long-expected crackdown on foreign nationals lacking valid visas and work permits has arrived in the coastal region with a jolt that includes late-night raids on guesthouses, followed by arrests of those found overstaying their visas. ...

Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12398/crackdown-on-visas--work-permits/

Union Law ‘close to finished’

Ministry of Labour officials said this week that a controversial draft trade union law is “90 per cent” complete and they are now waiting for inter-ministerial review of the language before they submit it for approval. ...

Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-law-close-finished

Child garment workers not a problem, minister says

The labor minister said Tuesday there were so few underage workers in the garment industry that “we can count them on our fingers,” but a unionist and an NGO countered that child labor was still rife in the country’s smaller garment factories. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/child-garment-workers-not-a-problem-minister-says-85699/

Garment workers again target $177 minimum wage

Cambodia’s garment workers will renew their campaign for a monthly wage of $177 next month, when talks start for a new minimum wage, labor leaders said yesterday.  ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12352/garment-workers-again-target--177-minimum-wage/

Beaten garment workers file police complaints

Three members of the Free Trade Union on Thursday filed complaints against members of a rival union for allegedly beating them with bamboo sticks and banana tree branches during a clash outside Phnom Penh’s SH International garment factory on Wednesday morning. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beaten-garment-workers-file-police-complaints-85456/

Hundreds of thousands without Thai work papers

With less than three weeks left until the deadline, over 300,000 Cambodian migrants registered in Thailand have not completed the verification process necessary to receive work visas, raising the possibility of a repeat of last year’s mass exodus. According to figures from the Thai Labour Ministry ...

Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-thousands-without-thai-work-papers

Three injured in clash between rival Labor Unions

Three members of the Free Trade Union were hospitalized after being beaten by members of a rival union during a protest Wednesday morning at the SH International garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, union and police officials said. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-injured-in-clash-between-rival-labor-unions-85350/

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