Hello you lot

Can anyone recommend to me a lawyer who has knowledge of Cambodian labor law? Without going into too much detail, me and my former employer (a Cambodia based but foreign run NGO) are not ending on good terms, and I am owed money. So I am, ideally, looking for a very competent Cambodian lawyer who speaks great English and is also not too expensive. (Yes, you get what you pay for, but you can also only pay what you have).

Thanks in advance, but I don't want lots of messages telling me that the system here is corrupt and that an NGO can simply bribe its way out of any legal action. I actually don't think my former employer would do that, but then i wouldn't be considering legal action if i felt they always behaved well so maybe I am wrong. I'm not looking to get any damages or compensation money, just what I am entitled to.

All tips and advice welcome. Thank you very much.

B S

ministry of labor

mlvt.gov.kh/index.php?lang=en

or email the donors

Some very good advice here, Tuppence
for someone planning on playin' this game
personal opinion

Thanks and I appreciate all of this advice, some of which I had considered.

I am trying very hard to behave ethically throughout all of this. The financial sum is not inconsiderable but that's not the main reason I will pursue it, it's simply that there are practices that they have pursued for a few years which are wrong and must be stopped on behalf of future employees. There's a little bit of natural justice at work here, too, which is the stubborn part of me not wanting to let them simply get away with treating staff badly and not just in financial terms.

But they do good work too and I don't want to damage them with funders or ministries if I can help it, so I'm treading very carefully.

That's why I would at least like to speak to a lawyer. It might even help simply to say that I have been in discussions with one.

B S

Why do you believe you are owed money? Is it for past wages performed or for something else?

i would do it for $500-1000 these are hard times, bad time to lose work

Actually, I'm not certain that they will end up refusing to pay me (its for something I am contractually entitled to, lets put it like that). They have indicated they will not but that's under appeal. There are a lot of other complexities to the situation. I want to try and contact a lawyer so I am fully prepared and not on the back foot if they stick with their decision not to pay.

B S