Workers' rights to form associations or unions are yet to be improved and the problem of overtime work addressed for Cambodia's cloth-making industry, said the 17th Synthesis Report on Working Conditions in Cambodia's Garment Sector released here on Thursday.
Three quarters of the factories monitored have at least one union, although nine percent of the factories interfered with freedom of association, and 6 percent engaged in anti-union discrimination, said the report issued by the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia.
About one quarter of the factories had strikes and for the vast majority of strikes, workers failed to comply with all legal requirements prior to going on strike, it added.
Meanwhile, slightly more than 10 percent of factories ensured that overtime was exceptional, and overtime was voluntary in just under one half of factories, said the report, which intended to assess the compliance with Cambodian labor law and international labor standards in garment factories.
Top areas of non-compliance still included failure to develop a written OSH policy, seating issues (failure to provide proper chairs, and failure to provide chairs for standing workers to rest) , and failure to provide a day care center (or cover day care costs) and a nursing room, it said.
The report covered monitoring data collected from 212 factories between May 1, 2006 and Oct. 31, 2006.
In the factories monitored, over 90 percent of them paid the correct minimum wage for regular workers, while just under three- quarters of factories complied with minimum wage requirements for casual workers.
"The 17th synthesis report presents yet another milestone in the collective efforts of the garment sector to secure progressive improvements in working conditions," said Tuomo Poutiainen, Chief Technical Advisor for ILO Better Factories Cambodia.
"It is encouraging that the data shows that on average, compliance levels in Cambodian garment factories are 80 percent or higher across all issues, with wages leading other areas in compliance," he added.
The Synthesis Report contains a wealth of information, covering all compliance areas monitored by Better Factories Cambodia, ranging from workers' contracts, wages, and workplace conditions to labor relations and fundamental rights.
Better Factories Cambodia is a unique program of the ILO that monitors and reports on working conditions in Cambodia's export garment factories according to national and international labor standards.
The aim of the project is to help the garment industry improve working conditions, while at the same time improving quality and productivity through remediation and capacity building.
Source: Xinhua
Three quarters of the factories monitored have at least one union, although nine percent of the factories interfered with freedom of association, and 6 percent engaged in anti-union discrimination, said the report issued by the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia.
About one quarter of the factories had strikes and for the vast majority of strikes, workers failed to comply with all legal requirements prior to going on strike, it added.
Meanwhile, slightly more than 10 percent of factories ensured that overtime was exceptional, and overtime was voluntary in just under one half of factories, said the report, which intended to assess the compliance with Cambodian labor law and international labor standards in garment factories.
Top areas of non-compliance still included failure to develop a written OSH policy, seating issues (failure to provide proper chairs, and failure to provide chairs for standing workers to rest) , and failure to provide a day care center (or cover day care costs) and a nursing room, it said.
The report covered monitoring data collected from 212 factories between May 1, 2006 and Oct. 31, 2006.
In the factories monitored, over 90 percent of them paid the correct minimum wage for regular workers, while just under three- quarters of factories complied with minimum wage requirements for casual workers.
"The 17th synthesis report presents yet another milestone in the collective efforts of the garment sector to secure progressive improvements in working conditions," said Tuomo Poutiainen, Chief Technical Advisor for ILO Better Factories Cambodia.
"It is encouraging that the data shows that on average, compliance levels in Cambodian garment factories are 80 percent or higher across all issues, with wages leading other areas in compliance," he added.
The Synthesis Report contains a wealth of information, covering all compliance areas monitored by Better Factories Cambodia, ranging from workers' contracts, wages, and workplace conditions to labor relations and fundamental rights.
Better Factories Cambodia is a unique program of the ILO that monitors and reports on working conditions in Cambodia's export garment factories according to national and international labor standards.
The aim of the project is to help the garment industry improve working conditions, while at the same time improving quality and productivity through remediation and capacity building.
Source: Xinhua
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