SECTION 6 WORKER RIGHTS– [d] The constitution prohibits forced or bonded child labor; however, forced child labor was a serious problem in the commercial sex industry. Law enforcement agencies failed to combat childprostitution in a sustained, consistent manner. Widespread corruption, lack of transp...
Public disclosure of labor conditions has been suggested as one way to encourage compliance with labor law and improvements in working conditions. Analyzing labor law compliance data in the apparel industry from Better Factories Cambodia, this paper finds that after the elimination of public disclosure...
workers are often either forced to work overtime, “enticed to do so with a small bonus that is usually never paid”, according to the Borgen Report. In addition, many companies employ children under 15 even though the law states that employees should be aged ...
Perception is nine-tenths of the law Whether you’re a small operator or a vast multinational, consumers are liable to take what they perceive as your ethical business practices more seriously than the Corporate Social Responsibility section of your website. If you’re a ubiquitous high street b...
Labor union leader interviewed in 2008 said: “According to Cambodian labor law, 8 workers are sufficient to establish a union.” According to a Banker interviewed in 2008, “By law, you have to set up a staff association but most people don’t associate.” ...
Villagers have also been relying on other ways of getting by, such as hiring out labor to surrounding communities. Once it became clear that it would be difficult to gain their land back, since it had all been planted with rubber, the villagers started advocating for resettling to another ...