Cambodian Parliament Rejects Opposition-Proposed Draft Law On Minimum Wages For Civil Servants, Garment Workers
The National Assembly’s Commission on Economy on Wednesday rejected the opposition- proposed draft law on minimum wages for garment and state workers. … The opposition group proposed the National Assembly to make a law to limit a monthly minimum wage of 150 U.S. dollars for garment workers and 250 U.S. dollars for civil servants and armed forces. “The Parliament’s commission decided to reject this proposed draft law, explaining that the proposed draft law is inappropriate for Cambodia’s real situation, and Cambodia holds a free-market regime, so the limitation of minimum wage is against this policy,” Sman Teath, vice-chairman of the Commission, told reporters after the meeting. …
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