Kampuchea Labour Advisory Committee Agrees On The Minimum Wage Adjustment Date For Garments.

< p > > a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_cj.as" > Kampuchea < /a > labor Advisory Committee (LAC), a government led three party group, has agreed that the minimum wage adjustment for the next round of garment workers will take effect from January 1st (2015).

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< p > according to Ken Loo, Secretary General of the Kampuchea Garment Manufacturers Association (GMAC), LAC only determines the schedule of the minimum wage adjustment, but has not yet begun to discuss the extent of increase.

He told the media: "stakeholder discussions will be held in the next three months, and the final decision will be completed before October".

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< p > during the past nine months, the garment industry in Kampuchea has had two minimum wage adjustments.

In May (2013), the minimum wage rose 15 US dollars to 80 dollars per month, and LAC disclosed that it would increase to 95 US dollars in December.

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In February (2014), in February, the Ministry of labour of Kampuchea raised the minimum monthly wage to $100 per month, but the Union asked the government to raise the minimum wage to 160 dollars per month for 500 thousand garment workers in Kampuchea.

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< p > > a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_cj.as" > < /a > June, 25 garment workers arrested for the strike and demonstration in January this year were released in court at the Phnom Penh court.

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< p > A Research Report on the working conditions and respect for workers' rights and interests of 371 garment and footwear factories shows that the number of strikes between May 2013 and April 2014 has increased by 5% over the same period of the previous year.

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The thirty-first comprehensive report of the Kampuchea better factory plan (BFC) of the International Labour Organization (P) shows that the strike factory (2013) increased from 19% to 24% in.

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< p > < < a href= > http://sjfzxm.com//business/ > > GMAC < /a > data show that Kampuchea exported 9% US dollars worth of garments and textiles during the period from January to March this year, up 9% US dollars in the same period last year.

In January this year, Cambodia exported $287 million 100 thousand in ready-made garments and textiles, exported $440 million 800 thousand in February, and exported $445 million 700 thousand in March.

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