Gov’t continues out-of-work aid
Out-of-work garment, footwear and hospitality workers are to receive allowances for the next two months.
Tag: workers
NSSF seeks more ways to improve worker road safety
A collaboration to organise educational programmes for drivers about road safety.
Cambodia’s laid-off workers still have farming in their blood
PM: Factory or hotel workers who have lost jobs due to C-19 can take up farming.
Svay Rieng province sees over 2300 workers return in 2020
As of July 1, 2,317 people returned to Svay Rieng in 2020: Deputy governor.
Ministry to hold meetings with workers and company
Officials to begin negotiations with Hana (Cambodia) 1 and worker representatives.
Seeking redress: More than 50 workers protest over unpaid dues at ministry
+50 workers of New Best Global Textile protest over owed wages and compensation.
Ministry looks to resolve widespread labour protests
Authorities must oversee resolution of issues raised by protesting workers: Samheng.
Preah Sihanouk sees factory suspensions and massive job losses
20 factories suspended in Preah Sihanouk province, affecting more than 8,000 workers.
Poor ventilation, anxiety blamed for mass fainting in factory
23 workers at T.Y. Electric Co Ltd collapsed, bringing the total fainting figure to 72.
Cambodian agriculture sector ‘not likely to help laid-off workers’
Cambodia’s agriculture sector is unlikely to absorb laid-off workers.
Further $12million prepared for workers suffering suspension
Around 110,000 workers have received their allowances across 344 factories.
Agriculture unlikely to absorb many laid-off workers
Agriculture sector is unlikely to be able to substantially absorb laid-off workers.
Ministry: Further out-of-work allowances paid
Further 25,588 workers of 67 enterprises to be paid allowances from the government.
Nearly 100 construction workers protest over unpaid wages
Workers of Baye Construction Group protest to demand missing wages.
Government confirms allowances transferred
Government confirms the transfer of $40 to +30,000 factory and tourism workers.
Factory workers demand unpaid wages in Por Senchey
+600 workers of Quality Textile Co Ltd in Por Senchey protest for outstanding wages.
Unions discuss plight of suspended and laid off workers
Labor Confederation and unions discuss the plight of workers who have lost jobs.
Workers to receive entitlements next week
Factory and tourism workers who lost jobs are to receive monthly entitlements.
Laid-off workers hope to be paid next week
Ministry to begin transferring money to workers in temporarily suspended factories.
About 1,600 workers demand April’s wages
About 1,600 workers of the FMF factory protest to demand last month’s missing wages.
Coronavirus highlights scandalous conditions in Germany’s meat industry
It clear is that the workers are the ones paying the price, sometimes with their lives, for this cheap meat.
Soft-skills training for suspended workers underway
Labour Ministry rolls out its soft-skills training for suspended workers amid pandemic.
Data key to helping informal workers
Cambodia’s ID Poor card could prove the key to ensuring vulnerable workers are not left behind.
COVID-19 affected workers yet to receive gov’t help
Gov’t is in the process of providing money for the unemployed affected by covid-19.
About 400 footwear workers protest over unpaid wages
About 400 workers of Kun Da Footwear protest to demand missing wages.
Further job losses spark social unrest fears
With about 100,000 workers out of work, social unrest could become a problem.
New factories employe nearly 28k
77 new factories opened in Cambodia in the first three months of 2020, employing a total of 27,909 workers.
AWOL workers will get no pay during 14-day quarantine
No wages for workers absent from work during Khmer New Year: Ministry.
Vox Pop: Life goes on for homesick workers in the capital
With restrictions on travel, the workers face more than just financial losses.
Each laid-off worker to get $70 a month
$70 a month for each worker once their factories are suspended due to covid-19: PM.
