The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training called on 22 workers at Sun Sing Garment Co Ltd in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district to come forward and collect compensation for owed wages, annual leave and seniority payments from September 1 onwards.
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced that wages and seniority payments will be made to laid-off workers at Canteran Apparel Cambodia Co Ltd. Meanwhile, it advised the workers to prepare their documents ahead of receiving payment.
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PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Around 300 garment workers from Canteran Apparel gathered on Veng Sreng Street in Chaom Chao commune’s Trapeang Thleung village of Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district on Wednesday (April 19) to protest recent actions by the owner of the business.
Around 300 garment workers from Canteran Apparel gathered on Veng Sreng Street in Chaom Chao commune’s Trapeang Thleung village of Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district on April 19 to protest recent actions by the owner of the business.
Restoration work by the Phnom Penh Municipal Department of Public Works and Transport on the more than 6km Tuol Pongro 2 canal will break ground later this month. The project aims to reduce flooding in the southwestern part of the capital caused by heavy rains during the wet season.
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A red zone resident cooks while reading a news report which claims that Cambodian workers have gone hungry because of the extended lockdown. Photo supplied
Lost in translation: ‘Starvation’ in capital’s designated red zones
Mon, 3 May 2021
“DACH bay” is a Khmer slang meaning a “loss of income”, that could also be literally translated to «deprived of rice”, which alludes to starvation. However, civil society organisation (CSO) officials have independently confirmed the government’s prior assertions that there are no cases of starvation in Phnom Penh’s red zones because the government and the municipal authorities, as well as some CSOs themselves, continue to provide food assistance to people living in the highly restricted areas.