'Labour compliance has improved in garment units' - ILO

20 Dec '08

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The 21st Synthesis Report shows compliance figures that are based on monitoring data contained in 205 factory reports completed between May 1, 2008 and October 31, 2008.

Among the key findings in the report are the following:

·Eighty-six percent of the factories monitored have less than 2000 workers.
·62% of the workforce is employed in factories that have less than 2000 workers.
·77% of the factories monitored have at least one union
·Fewer of the factories monitored engaged in anti-union discrimination than in the previous 20th Synthesis Report
·15% of the factories monitored had strikes.
·Compliance with minimum wage requirements for regular workers remains quite high (97%); compliance with minimum wage payments for casual workers, although up by 7%, still remains significantly lower than that for regular workers (77% in factories employing casual workers)
·There have been slight improvements in compliance from the previous report concerning maternity leave payments (up 8%), and compliance with paid sick leave (up by 11%). Compliance with wage payments has improved or remained the same for all areas reported but one (correct OT rate for piece-rate workers is down by 3%)
·Compliance with limits on the frequency and duration of overtime is down 5% and 12%, respectively.
·Three of the top ten issues that have seen the greatest improvement since the previous report relate to the development of OSH management systems.

Click here to download the "21st Synthesis Report on Working Conditions in Cambodia's Garment Sector".

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