Abusive rent hikes offset minimum wage gains
CUMW’s Pav Sina laments that rent and utility costs are increasing considerably.
Tag: minimum wage
Wages set to increase for civil servants
The government to increase the minimum wage for civil servants and others.
Hun Sen defends lower minimum wage hike
Gov’t increases the wage for next year by $8, a decrease of $4 of last year.
Minimum wage for garment workers $190 next year
An increase of the minimum wage is agreed of textile workers by $8 next year.
Minimum wage for garment, and footwear sectors rises to $190 in 2020
The minimum wage for workers in the textile, garment, and footwear industries has increased to $190 in the year 2020
Gap in proposed minimum wage
Unions and employers propose starkly differing figures of what minimum wage for garment workers should be next year.
Minimum wage negotiations stall over $15 between Unions and employers
The National Committee for Minimum Wage of Labor Ministry today released a statement, presenting two different figures of minimum wage increase for workers in garment and footwear sector in 2020.
GMAC urges government to reduce financial burden on employers
GMAC asks gov’t to refrain from increasing pay bump for garment workers by $5.
GMAC eyes no minimum wage increase
Increase of minimum wage for workers in 2020 will be impossible: GMAC.
A look at the garment industry: Q&A with GMAC’s Ken Loo
Ken Loo, secretary-general of GMAC discusses the development of the sector’s issues.
Minimum wage council selects vice presidents
National Council for Minimum Wage selects two vice presidents to represent workers.
Unions prepare to negotiate minimum wage
An officials-Unions meeting to discuss minimum wage in the garment sector for 2020.
City Hall rejects CLC protest at Labour Ministry
City Hall not to allow the Cambodian Labour Confederation to stage a protest.
Unionists mull minimum wage increase for 2020
Unionists are to call for increasing the monthly minimum wage for workers in 2020.
Did you know?
A report from the World Vision reveals that 41 percent of all the businesses within the country can’t find qualified employees that fit their professional needs.
CLC seeks $300 minimum wage for tourism, service sector workers
CLC plans a petition to raise the minimum wage for tourism and service workers.
Construction workers dream of better conditions, minimum wage
Most construction workers get paid through middlemen, says Sok Kean.
PM pushes for more minimum wages
Prime Minister Hun Sen directs the Labour Ministry, worker representatives, employers and relevant institutions to work together toward setting a minimum wage for workers in the construction, agriculture and service sectors.
Unionists confident cases will end
Phnom Penh Municipal Court begins the trial against six union leaders over minimum wage violent protests.
Unionists confident cases will end soon
Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday began the trial against six union leaders over minimum wage protests in teh wake of the 2013 election that turned violent and led to authorities opening fire and killing at least five demonstrators.
ILO workshop tackles minimum wage issues
Labour Ministry to increase the technical abilities of the Labour Advisory Committee.
New minimum wage now $182
The tripartite commission (union, government, employers) tasked with determining the minimum wage for workers in the textile, garment and footwear industries have agreed to increase the minimum wage to $182, beginning January 2019.
Minimum wage increase due today
Labour official says two figures, $182 from unions and $177 from employers and the government, will be tabled to the minster.
PM: No protests during wage talks
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged garment workers not to protest as meetings on the 2019 minimum wage continue.
Proposed minimum wage figures adjusted
Labour Ministry said that employers agreed to increase their minimum wage proposal from $175 to $176.
Unions demand $192 minimum wage
The unions demanded $192, the employers offered $175, and the Labour Ministry suggested $177.57.
Government proposes $177 minimum wage
Labour Ministry proposed that garment workers receive $177.57 per month as their minimum wage for 2019 during a meeting with employers and unions.
Minimum wage figure due Friday
Meetings being held to discuss an increase in minimum wage for garment workers in 2019 have yet to yield results.
CLC proposes $211 as minimum wage
The Cambodian Labour Confederation yesterday said that it will propose $211.94 to be the new minimum wage for garment workers during this month’s negotiations.
Minimum wage talks officially begin
Negotiations to determine 2019’s minimum wage for garment workers begin at the Labour Ministry.
