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Workers want 10-day Thingyan holiday
More than 5000 workers representing the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM) marched to the city centre yesterday to demand 10 days of holidays during the Thingyan water festival.Keep reading ...
Workers to be sent for S Korean fishing industry
Myanmar plans to send workers for the fishing industry in South Korea as there is a demand for labour in that sector, said U Thein Win, director of the Migration Affairs Department under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population.Keep reading ...
Skilled labour shortage still a problem
As Myanmar attracts more investments, the country is struggling to provide skilled labour for the construction, tourism and manufacturing sectors.Keep reading ...
Renewed push to legalise migrant workers in Thailand to start later this month
Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand will be issued with Certificates of Identity before the end of November, in a joint effort by the Thai government and Myanmar’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. Keep reading ...
Officials to sue migrant rights activist for defamation
After being hit with a lawsuit, officials from the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation plan to launch a countersuit on the basis of criminal defamation.Keep reading ...
Yangon labour department has launched 60 lawsuits against errant factories
After repeated, flagrant violations of the labour laws, 60 recalcitrant factories in Yangon have been slapped with lawsuits so far this year by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, a government official told The Myanmar Times yesterday. Keep reading ...
