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GMS TRIANGLE Project - International Migrants Day Reflections

International Migrants Day, celebrated on 18 December, marks the adoption of the "International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families". This document outlines the activities that took place...

Migrant workers

Minister opens training for private recruitment agencies on new migrant worker regulations

The first training for private recruitment agencies on new regulations governing the sending of Cambodians to work abroad is held in Phnom Penh.

Better Factories in Cambodia

Transparency drives improvements in factory working conditions

The ILO - Better Factories Cambodia launched an online transparency database showing how individual garment factories measure up on key working conditions. Factories included in the database already made improvements on legal requirements.

New reports outline policy framework for higher growth and more and better jobs

Two major reports that lay out the challenges and opportunities for sustainable business development in Cambodia were launched on Wednesday 12 March 2014 in Phnom Penh.

New reports to outline ways to improve investment climate in Cambodia

Two reports that lay out the challenges and opportunities for sustainable business development in Cambodia will be launched on Wednesday 12 March 2014 in Phnom Penh.

Matching jobseekers with jobs in Cambodia

A new project to expand job services and improve labour market information was launched in Cambodia today. The project is executed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the People’s Republic of China.

Cambodia: ILO urges dialogue to resolve current dispute in garment sector

The ILO urges all stakeholders, workers, trade unions, government and business and its representatives to maximise efforts to find a resolution to the current dispute in garment sector. We strongly encourage all parties to intensify these efforts...

ILO Better Factories Cambodia Programme gets new three-year MOU

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The International Labour Organization (ILO), the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding for...

ILO, EU and project countries discussed how to monitor progress on employment and decent work

On 18 and 19 November 2013, a final conference took place on the ILO-EU joint project “Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work” (MAP), funded by the European Commission.

ILO expresses concern over the escalation of violence around garment factory in Cambodia

319th Governing Body

ILO Governing Body adopts report of the Committee on Freedom of Association

The Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) draws special attention to three serious and urgent country cases.

New initiative to support policy-makers in finding workable solutions to the youth employment crisis

A new initiative to help policy-makers find solutions to the challenge of youth employment was launched by the ILO in Bangkok. This initiative will focus on sharing knowledge about youth employment policies in 13 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Press release

Bangladesh Minimum Wages Board returns from study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam

Members of the Minimum Wage Board returned to Dhaka on Friday from a study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam. The aim of the study tour was to better understand the approaches taken in other countries in order to inform the Board’s on-going negotiations...

ILO welcomes improvements in protection for Cambodian migrant workers

International Labour Organization (ILO) has welcomed the introduction of new legal measures in Cambodia to improve the protection of migrant workers.

ILO-OHCHR Joint Statement welcoming the Supreme Court decision in the case of the murder of Cambodian trade union leader Chea Vichea

ILO-OHCHR Joint Statement on the Supreme Court hearing in the case of the murder of trade union leader Chea Vichea

Meeting to examine measures to protect migrant fishers in the ASEAN region

International standards on work in fishing, national policies, legislative frameworks, experiences and good practices on the protection of migrant fishers is the focus of a meeting among ASEAN Member States being held 12-13 September in Makassar,...

New report

ILO study examines working conditions in Thai fishing industry

A new report has found shortfalls in Thailand’s fishing industry in relation to national and international labour standards.

Labour market

Asia-Pacific on the road to middle-class employment

A recent ILO study shows that despite robust economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, millions of people are still living under or just above the poverty line.

ILO to publish largest survey on working conditions in the Thai fishing industry

A survey of conditions in Thailand’s fishing sector is to be published by the ILO. The key findings of the report will be presented at a press conference on Monday 2 September 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand