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Training better supervisors means better business for Cambodia’s factories

Studies have shown that autocratic managerial styles and aggressive techniques do not result in productive workers. What motivates workers is a working environment where those who supervise them work with them; give them clear instructions, full...

Training better supervisors means better business for Cambodia’s factories

By Maeve Galvin, Communication and Advocacy Officer and Ying Bun, Better Factories, ILO Cambodia. Good supervisors help workers become more efficient and productive, bad ones affect morale and competitiveness. But when ordinary workers are promoted...

New ILO migration project to improve migrant workers' conditions in South-East Asia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new project in South-East Asia to improve the governance of cross-border labour migration.

ILO welcomes landmark agreement in Cambodia’s garment industry

ILO News (Bangkok): The International Labour Organization (ILO) has welcomed the landmark agreement reached by Cambodia’s garment sector unions and manufacturers, to improve relations in the industry.

How Much Does Business Really Bring to HIV Response? Quantifying In-Kind and Financial Contributions of the Private Sector

Child Labour in Cambodia - A New Direction

Although Cambodia is emerging as one of the brightest economic growth stories of Southeast Asia, over 313,000 children are trapped in the worst forms of exploitation such as drug trafficking and prostitution. But the end of all worst forms of child...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work - Knowing the Risks

(ILO Phnom Penh) Cambodia marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work on Friday April 30th with an event focusing on the theme “Knowing Your Health and Safety Risks and Preventing Workplace Accidents"

Indigenous Cambodians’ long wait for collective land ownership

By Sandra Yu, Local Strategies for Decent Work Specialist, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia, Sek Sophorn, National Coordinator and Min Muny, Consultant in Cambodia. (Modulkiri Province, Cambodia) Joy is etched into the faces of indigenous...

Employment policy, social protection needed to help Cambodian garment workers recover from impacts of economic downturn

(ILO, Phnom Penh) On the surface, those garment workers who were not laid off as a result of the economic downturn should be considered lucky. But new data from an ILO led survey shows that even those who kept their jobs were not left unscathed –...

ILO IPEC receives the Sahametrei Sena Medal for its contribution towards ending child labour in Cambodia

(ILO Cambodia) The Royal Government of Cambodia conferred the Sahametrei Sena Medal on Mr. MP Joseph, Chief Technical Advisor of IPEC’s Time Bound Programme Support Project in recognition of the ILO’s work in the area of child labour in Cambodia.

Garment workers to compete using their knowledge of the Cambodian labour law

The ILO Better Factories Cambodia in partnership with Radio Mohanokor FM93.5 is launching a radio competition allowing garment workers to compete using their knowledge of the Cambodia’s labour law.

ILO Better Factories Cambodia 23rd Synthesis Report; Global economic crisis still affecting the garment industry, but factory working...

The ILO Better Factories Cambodia today releases its “23rd Synthesis Report on Working Conditions in Cambodia’s Garment Sector,” which assesses compliance with Cambodian labour law and international labour standards in garment factories.

Putting Cambodia back to work

By Mr Kee Beom Kim, Labour Economist, ILO. The world economy is showing some encouraging signs of a recovery. For countries like Cambodia, which are export-dependent, this is particularly good news.

ILO and Cambodia agree on a Decent Work Cooperation Framework: three year plan of action to assist Cambodian Government, employers and...

The International Labour Office (ILO) and the Kingdom of Cambodia have agreed today to a three-year cooperation framework and plan of action that will help the country recover from the economic and social crisis facing the region and build a...

Helping women and men with disabilities fulfil their potential

By Emanuela Pozzan, ILO Subregional Cordinator on Disability, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia. December 3 marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The theme this year focuses on the empowerment of persons with disabilities and...

Domestic work is adult work

An opinion editorial by Bill Salter, Director, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia on child domestic workers in Cambodia.

ILO Better Factories Cambodia 22nd synthesis report: Garment factory working conditions generally remain good, despite continuing pressure...

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia today releases its “22nd Synthesis Report on Working Conditions in Cambodia’s Garment Sector,” which assesses compliance with Cambodian labour law and international labour...

Work and family

By cooking and cleaning, Cambodia’s Mr. Mom sweeps away poverty

The year 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the ILO’s gender equality action plan, and the end of a year-long global ILO campaign on gender equality and the world of work. One of the themes of the campaign was the issue of harmonizing employment and...

ILO Governing Body

ILO Governing Body elects new Chairperson ─ Committee on Freedom of Association cites Myanmar, Cambodia and Islamic Republic of Iran

The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected H.E. Mrs. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo, Ambassador of Brazil and Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office in Geneva as Chairperson for its 2009-10 Session.

By cooking and cleaning, Cambodia’s Mr Mom sweeps away poverty

The Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE) programme, run by the International Labour Organization (ILO), not only teaches women about business and couples about budgeting, saving and making better financial decisions, it...