Cambodian migrants in Thailand are to earn pension benefits as they work abroad, Labour Minister Ith Samheng has announced. Meeting workers in Thailand yesterday, Mr Samheng said the government was discussing ways to make sure that migrants get equal access to pensions when they returned home.

 

He said that all private sector employees would be eligible to the same pension benefits as civil servants from 2019. The Ministry of Labour is now in talks with the Thai government over how to recognise workers’ time abroad as a contribution to their final pension allocation, Mr Samheng added.

 

“The ministry is discussing the issue with Thailand under the framework of Asean,” he said. “For example, when someone works in Thailand for four or five years and then returns to work in Cambodia, those four or five years will count toward their pension. Anyone who works for more than 20 years and is over the age of 60 will be eligible for a pension.”

 

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Good to see there is some pension recipricosity within ASEAN nations, at least.

Not sure that even the EU has such arrangements with regards to pension recipricosity. But I'm sure someone will correct me on this!