The National Council on Minimum Wage has set the 2021 minimum wage at $190 per month for workers in the textile, garment, and footwear industries, according to the Ministry of Labour. In an announcement released after the final round of meetings yesterday, the Ministry of Labour said the National Committee for Minimum Wage has raised the minimum wage and Prime Minister Hun Sen is adding $2 more to make it $192.

 

This year the minimum wage was set at $187 and Mr Hun Sen added $3 to make it $190. The statement said besides the monthly minimum wage, workers will still receive other fringe benefits including an extra $10 per month for regular attendance and an extra $7 per month for transportation and rent as well as seniority payments for workers in their position for over two years.

 

Therefore, each worker will be paid $209 to $220 per month, it said. In an interview with reporters after the meeting, Minister of Labour Ith Samheng said: “The new figures were approved in line with the severe impact of the global pandemic on the supply and production chains and factory exports.

 

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44 minutes ago, geovalin said:

benefits including an extra $10 per month for regular attendance and an extra $7 per month for transportation and rent

Aha you get 10$ extra to go work! So you not get extra if you not go work! Why not add that to minimum wage, why its extra!? Maybe get nice rental whit 7$!

Slavery it is.