Wage hike forces Thai firms hire Cambodians

6 January 2013
The Nation
Aranyaprathet District / ASEAN Economic Community / Border / Cambodia / Cambodian factories / Cambodian workers / Federation of Thai Industries / Investment / labour / labour-intensive industries / Memorandum of Understanding / Migrant Workers / minimum wage policy / Ranong Provincial Federation of Thai Industries / Sa Kaew / Sa Kaew Provincial Immigration Division / sea-food processing factories / SMEs / Tak Provincial Federation / Thai factories / Thai workers / Thailand / Trang Provincial Federation

Thai factories have opted to hire Cambodian workers under a memorandum of understanding between Cambodia and Thailand after the Bt300 minimum wage policy came into effect for Thai workers across the country. A total of 154 Cambodians – 118 men and 36 women – with work permit documents crossed the border in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district on Monday. …

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