The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Questions over bonuses” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Questions over bonuses” plus 9 more


Questions over bonuses

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120905_06Unions and labour groups fear a solitary sick day could cost garment workers their entire month's attendance bonuses – about 15 per cent of their base wage – under a new scheme meant to make life easier.

Boeung Kak woman arrested

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120905_01Prominent Boeung Kak villager and protester Yorm Bopha was yesterday jailed in Phnom Penh's Prey Sar prison.

Dredging licences up for grabs

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120905_02aThe government has granted contracts to three unnamed private companies to invest in dredging operations along parts of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers.

PM will hand-deliver titles

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

120905_03aPrime Minister Hun Sen will personally deliver land titles to residents in Kratie province's Snuol district on September 21 following the completion of the land measuring mission by volunteer youth there.

ADB has a long road ahead after big flood

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120905_04A breached flood protection dyke near Prey Ven city that, had it burst during the disastrous 2011 flooding, would have added a further 30,000 to the almost 52,000 households evacuated.

Pirate Bay co-founder days from deportation

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120905_03bCo-founder of Pirate Bay and Swedish national Gottfrid Svart­­­­­holm Warg will be deported from Cambodia imminently.

Landmine casualties down for 2012

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

A sownward trend in landmine casualties has continued in Cambodia, data released yesterday by the Cambodian Mine Victims Information System shows.

Bulldozing of crops reignites dispute

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Contractors hired by Cambodian land brokers bulldozed through four hectares of villagers' crops in Poipet town on Monday, breaching a truce contract that protected the villagers' land until January 1 next year.

ASEAN forum to tackle migrant worker safety

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

One of the biggest challenges to protecting Cambodian migrant workers is the sheer distance between their homeland and the countries they are working in.

Hello staff contracts ‘breached’

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120905_05Almost 100 members of the sales and service staff of mobile phone provider Hellopoint are awaiting a meeting with the Ministry of Labour after submitting a complaint last month claiming that a policy introduced in July amounted to a breach of their employment contracts.

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