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ILO welcomes Cambodian National Employment Policy

The National Employment Policy (NEP), which covers the period 2015-2025, was formally launched by the Prime Minister Hun Sen in a ceremony on Thursday 22 October at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, in the presence of senior government officials,...

ILO/China South-South cooperation project: mid-term achievements

ILO’s statement on minimum wage decision in Cambodia

Increasing of the monthly minimum wage for workers in the garment, textile and footwear industries to US $140.

Sharing experience of apprenticeships

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is holding a regional workshop to discuss quality apprenticeships and work experience to help young people in their transition from school to decent employment.

Garment industry in Cambodia

How the ILO helps to promote labour standards in global supply chains

Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector has continued to perform solidly in 2014 and the first quarter of 2015. Exports continued to grow along with employment and workers’ average wages, a new ILO analysis finds.

Growth continues for Cambodia's garment and footwear sector

The ILO’s new Bulletin on Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector launched on 16 July 2015 in Phnom Penh.

Better Factories Cambodia’s latest Synthesis Report

The report finds slight improvements in garment factory working conditions, although issues of overtime and occupational safety and health continue

ILO Country Office Statement on draft Trade Union law

ILO’s statement on the death of Cambodian workers in a road accident

The ILO extends its deepest sympathy to the families and dependants of workers killed and injured.

Domestic workers

“No One Should Work This Way” – FCC exhibition of Steve McCurry photos to highlight domestic worker abuse

Photos of abused domestic workers, taken by the renowned photographer Steve McCurry, will be exhibited at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, during the month of May.

New ILO's standards will help 21.5 million domestic workers

The Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS) for Domestic Work will help more than 20 million domestic worker in Asia and the Pacific if ASEAN regional integration ensures the mutual recognition of skills of workers across borders, according to...

Minimum wage

ILO calls on global garment buyers to help absorb Cambodia's new minimum wage

The new wage, which came into effect today (January 1), will raise factory owners' labour costs by nearly 20 per cent while their margins are shrinking.

ILO statement on the new minimum wage for Cambodia's textiles, garment and footwear sector

Labour rights

Cambodia takes first crucial step towards protecting entertainment workers

New ground-breaking regulation for entertainment workers in Cambodia marks the first attempt in the region to reduce widespread stigma and discrimination in the sector.

Working conditions

ILO welcomes 'Groundbreaking' Cambodian regulation on working conditions for adult entertainment workers

A new Cambodian Government regulation that provides for the protection of the labour rights, protection of safety and health, and access to HIV-related services for adult entertainment workers, has been welcomed by Yoshiteru Uramoto, the...

ILO and H&M sign unique agreement on sustainable global supply chains in the garment industry

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and H&M have forged a unique partnership to promote sustainable global supply chains in the garment industry.

School to work transition

Young workers in Asia face instability and vulnerability

A new International Labour Organization (ILO) report on the transitions of young people from education to the employment market in Asia and the Pacific, finds majority of youth in the region are either in low quality jobs or unemployed.

Cambodia: OHCHR-ILO joint statement on the release of the 25 persons arrested in November 2013 and in January 2014

Regional Director's remarks at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters

By Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on 22 May 2014

Cambodia: Remarks by the ILO for May 1st 2014

ILO remarks for May, 1st 2014 by Mr Maurizio Bussi, Officer-in-Charge of the ILO Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao PDR