Cambodia Labor Law

joe.acevedo · Post by **joe.acevedo** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:10 am

Greetings Expats:
I am having a bit of a problem with my employer regarding working on Sunday and during breaks and lunch breaks. She says I am not working because I am not teaching. I think (correct me if I am wrong) that if I am in a school meeting, I am working. Same if I am in a school training I am working. Regardless weather I am physically at the school or on line, if it's work related and mandated by the school, I am working and should be compensated. That's my understanding. Any input from you fellow expats?

Spigzy · Post by **Spigzy** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:16 am

Whether you are working or not probably depends on the weather? #KingdomOfWonder

Bluenose · Post by **Bluenose** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:44 am

Difficult to answer without knowing if you have a contract and, if so, what it says. Additionally, are you paid on an hourly basis or paid a fixed salary?

Post by **Freightdog** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:52 am

I’m just an interested observer, so feel free to ignore me. I’ve never worked in Cambodia, but having heard plenty of tales of people’s working conditions, and changing and increasingly unreasonable expectations, it wouldn’t surprise me that there’s a greater number of unscrupulous employers in less regulated countries like Cambodia. I’ve seen it elsewhere in Asia, to the point of being ludicrous. They’ve bought you, so they own you mentality.

If it’s work related, and not specifically detailed in an employment contract as some extra duties outside of normal scheduled hours, it seems reasonable to apply real world sensibilities- its work. How much extra? A reasonable amount? What’s reasonable?
The next question seems to be- do they care? And if they don’t, what to do?

It’s easy to apply rational thinking from the developed world yourself, another matter getting that accepted locally.

Jerry Atrick · Post by **Jerry Atrick** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 11:03 am

Cambo labour law is very strong, if you have a contract

However "schools" that require their staff to be on premises for a set amount of hours per day including weekends yet only pay teaching hours are everywhere

I wouldn't work under said conditions, your call

daeum_tnaot · Post by **daeum_tnaot** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 5:20 am

joe.acevedo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:10 am Greetings Expats:
I am having a bit of a problem with my employer regarding working on Sunday and during breaks and lunch breaks. She says I am not working because I am not teaching. I think (correct me if I am wrong) that if I am in a school meeting, I am working. Same if I am in a school training I am working. Regardless weather I am physically at the school or on line, if it's work related and mandated by the school, I am working and should be compensated. That's my understanding. Any input from you fellow expats?

You can read the Cambodian labor law. It's quite short. However, getting enforcement of the Labor Law is another issue entirely.

Based on what you said, I would lie low and find another job.

vivathedivas · Post by **vivathedivas** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:32 am

joe.acevedo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:10 am Greetings Expats:
I am having a bit of a problem with my employer regarding working on Sunday and during breaks and lunch breaks. She says I am not working because I am not teaching. I think (correct me if I am wrong) that if I am in a school meeting, I am working. Same if I am in a school training I am working. Regardless weather I am physically at the school or on line, if it's work related and mandated by the school, I am working and should be compensated. That's my understanding. Any input from you fellow expats?

If you are required to be at the school by the admin/owner, you are working.

Read the Labor Law.

1. Name and shame this 'school'.

2. Get another job, and explain to your new employers that you will follow the contract. One or two help-outs, nobody minds, but regularly, and invading on your free time and weekends? Tell them to FO

Name and shame!

Curiousman · Post by **Curiousman** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:22 pm

What would be the monthly tarif for two or maybe three ladies aged in their late 30s or early 40s to reside with me to do the cooking, cleaning and bed-warming in Cambodia?

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:54 pm

Curiousman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:22 pm What would be the monthly tarif for two or maybe three ladies aged in their late 30s or early 40s to reside with me to do the cooking, cleaning and bed-warming in Cambodia?

You're really into spreading the word, don't you?

Posting once generally does the trick.

Post by **Freightdog** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:57 pm

Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:54 pm
Curiousman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:22 pm What would be the monthly tarif for two or maybe three ladies aged in their late 30s or early 40s to reside with me to do the cooking, cleaning and bed-warming in Cambodia?
You're really into spreading the word, don't you?

Posting once generally does the trick.

I sympathise, Kammekor, but still- aren’t you trying to reason with someone who looks down on a certain proportion of humanity as something between chattel and slave?
Best to eradicate cockroaches, rather than educate them.

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