Hun Sen gives factory workers 2-day break for June elections

The government will give all factory workers two days off to participate in the June 5 commune council elections. Owners of factories and manufacturing enterprises will be required to pay wages and other benefits as normal.

In Virak Cheat, secretary of state at the Council of Ministers, announced the policy in a letter dated May 20 to Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng.

“[Prime Minister Hun Sen] has granted the request for workers’ leave one day before the election and for the day after the poll, so they will be able to cast their ballots easily ... with all wages and benefits maintained,” the letter read.

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