Directive 5410: Applying for Health Product Import & Export Permits Through the National Single Window To boost the business and investment climate in Cambodia, Ministry of Health (commonly referred as “MOH”) releases a new directive for the pharmaceutical manufacturing institution and pharmaceutical import-export institution, namely “Directive No. 5410 On the Application for A Permit of…
Water Festival Days in 2024 On 1 November 2024, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) issued a Notification No. 031.24 on Water Festival Days in 2024 (“Notification”). The Notification is to inform employers to allow their employees to have 3-days off during Water Festival which is on 14, 15, and 16 November 2024….
Labor Dispute Conciliation The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) has issued an Instruction No. 154 on Labor Dispute Conciliation dated 1 November 2024 (“Instruction 154”). The Instruction 154 is to improve labor dispute resolution processes, citing that past efforts have not fully met parties’ expectations. Key Points: If a labor dispute remains unresolved…
COMING INTO FORCE OF PRAKAS No. 084 ON FORMALITY, PROCEDURE, AND MEASURES FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ADS MANAGEMENT The Prakas No. 084 on formality, procedure, and measure for alcoholic drinks advertisement management, issued by the Ministry of Information on 23 July 2024 with 03 months grace period has now officially come into force. View the full…
Paid Public Holidays in 2025 On 9 October 2024, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) issued a Prakas No. 218.24 on Paid Public Holidays in 2025 (“Prakas”). The Prakas provides workers-employees of enterprises-establishments under Article 1 of Cambodian Labor Law with paid public holidays following calendars as below: 1 January …
Minimum Wages for Workers-Employees in Textile, Garment, Footwear, Travel Goods, and Bag Sectors for 2025 On 20 September 2024, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) issued a Prakas No. 211/24, addressing Minimum Wages for Workers-Employees in Textile, Garment, Footwear, Travel Goods, and Bag Sectors for 2025 (the “Prakas”). According to the Prakas, effective…
Prakas No. 041 on Reinsurance Diversification To ensure the safety and efficiency for the risk management and prevention for insurers, the Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (“IRC”) enforces a new guideline, namely “GUIDLINE NO. 041 ON REINSURANCE DIVERSIFACITION” issued on 6 August 2024, (“GUIDELINE NO. 041”) that regulates specifically the reinsurance diversification and provides further enforcement…
Implementation of Paid Leaves on Pchum Ben Festival On 12 September 2024, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (MLVT) issued Notification No. 028/24, addressing paid leave for the upcoming Pchum Ben Festival. The notification directs the owners/directors of enterprises-establishments to grant all workers-employees paid leave for three consecutive days from 1 to 3 October…
Request for Foreign Workforce for 2025 The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) would like to inform owners/directors of enterprises-establishments under provisions of Cambodian Labor Law (“Labor Law”) that in order to employ foreign workforce for the year of 2025, the owners/directors of enterprises-establishments shall submit applications for foreign quota from 1 September to…
Reminder: Foreign Quota and Work Permit in 2025 In accordance with Cambodian Labor Law (“Labor Law”), all owners/directors of enterprises/establishments who are under provisions of Labor Law, and wish to employ foreign workforces in 2025 shall request quota and work permit for the foreign nationals. In principle, the proportion of foreign workforces shall not exceed…