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Workers face contract woes

11 August 2011
The Phnom Penh Post
basic rights / benefits / Bonuses / Clark Gard / collective bargaining / Companies / Contracts / employers / Employment / employment contracts / factory / FDC / Fixed-duration Contracts / Garment Industry / Garment Manufacturers’Association / Garment Manufacturers’Association Secretary-General Ken Loo / industrial relations / industry / Ken Loo / Ken Loo Secretary-General of the Garment Manufacturers’Association in Cambodia / labor conditions / Maternity leave / permanent contract / permanent contracts / research / researchers / rights / Secretary-General of the Garment Manufacturers’Association in Cambodia / seniority / seniority bonuses / short-term contracts / Sick leave / Union / union member / Unions / workers / workers rights / working conditions / Yale Law School

The use of short-term contracts by employers in the Kingdom’s garment industry is threatening workers’ rights and could lead to decreased productivity in the sector, researchers said at a meeting yesterday. Following the release of a report by Yale Law School last week based on ...

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Fixed-Duration Contracts Threaten Garment Industry

5 August 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Labor / Labor policy and administration
Annual leave / Bonuses / Cambodia / Community Legal Education Center / Contracts / Factories / FDCs / Fixed-duration Contracts / Full-time / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / GMAC / International Labor Standards / Ken Loo / labor / Maternity leave / Moeun Tola / Regular / UDCs / Undetermined duration contracts / Yale Law School

Cambodia’s garment sector is in danger of losing its reputation for adherence to international labor standards because of the widespread use of “abusive temporary labor contracts,” according to a report released by Yale Law School on Wednesday. “Cambodian garment manufacturers have adopted the practice of ...

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