32nd Synthesis Report on Working Conditions in Cambodia’s garment industry, compiled by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia Programme (ILO-BFC), has found a slight improvement in factories’ overall compliance with labour law standards. Based on ILO-BFC factory assessment reports on 393 apparel and footwear factories, between May 2014 and April 2015, the report notes that overall compliance levels increased slightly during the reporting period, following a downward trend between 2010 and 2013. Positive changes are highlighted by the report on issues related to severance payments, emergency preparedness and the payment of bonuses.
However, despite the slight increase in compliance levels, some persistent challenges remain and there are also areas where change has been negative. The top ten non-compliance issues – which remain the same as in previous years – include issues related to overtime and occupational safety and health. The report also indicates that all of the 135 strikes that took place in the monitored factories failed to comply with one or more legal requirements. The finding is corroborated by the ongoing strike of over 500 workers from three garment factories in Cambodia. The workers demonstrated outside the Cambodian Labor Ministry, demanding that Government officials intervene in their quest for better working conditions and food and transportation subsidies.
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