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Cambodians meet to fix minimum wages for the garment industry

As unions, employers and government officials in Cambodia met for the first time in the run-up to the annual battle over the garment industry’s minimum wage yesterday, another group of labour and advocacy groups came asking when they would be part of those discussions.

Meeting at the Phnom Penh’s Sunway Hotel, union organisers from sectors as varied as construction, food services, tourism and manufacturing discussed a variety of approaches – from a flat minimum wage that would span all industries to a more measured sector-by-sector approach – to push on the national level.

While there have been no formal discussions on creating a national minimum wage in Cambodia, a Labour Ministry spokesman had said way back in February that the yet-to-be-drafted minimum wage law will look into expansion of the wage to other sectors.

Country director for worker advocacy group, Solidarity Center, William Conklin said that the meeting was driven by an increasing sense of urgency among non-garment sector unions, eager to stake out their positions on the minimum wage going forward.

Here it may be noted that Vietnam currently has four minimum wages based on geographic areas with increases mapped out over a five-year period while both Thailand and Malaysia have their own national minimum wages.

Article 104 in Cambodia’s Labour Law stipulates that wages in the country “must be at least equal to the guaranteed minimum wage; that is, it must ensure every worker of a decent standard of living compatible with human dignity.”

 
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