Employment rate over 99%: Labour minister

• Published date: 23 February 2023
• Publication title: The Phnom Penh Post

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng said that ensuring the development of a resilient and well-paid labour market with better working conditions has contributed to the implementation of the strategic plan for the development of the employment sector.

Samheng said that the Cambodian labour market situation is strong, maintaining a high employment rate of more than 99 per cent, including the estimated 1.3 million Cambodian migrant workers who are employed in Thailand.

Samheng was speaking at the meeting to review annual results for 2022 and the implementation plan for 2023 of strategic plan for the development of the employment sector held on February 22.

'These successes are demonstrated by ensuring the development of a resilient and high-income labour market for people with better working conditions, with a focus on improving the well-being of both formal and informal workers that aims to improve people's livelihoods and promote vibrant business activities and sustainable investment in response to socio-economic development and the labour market,' he said.

He added that the results were due in part to the update of relevant laws and regulations, including amendments to the Labour Law and the Union Law and the adoption of the Minimum Wage Law to facilitate the freedom of trade unions and associations, reduce labour disputes, harmonise professional relations and better resolve factory bankruptcies or closures by absent...