PM: Wage may be too high

20 October 2015
The Phnom Penh Post
Labor policy and administration / Minimum wage
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / Hun Sen

After weeks of occasionally tumultuous negotiations saw 2016’s minimum wage for garment workers raised to $140 earlier this month, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned yesterday that the new rate could cause factories to flee Cambodia, even though he was credited with personally intervening to push the number higher. …

The warning comes despite the fact that Hun Sen was credited with a last-minute $5 increase to the final wage when it was announced on October 8. …

 Mom Kunthear and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-wage-may-be-too-high

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