{"id":5315,"date":"2020-04-06T12:09:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=5315"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:23:27","slug":"cambodia-workers-casinos-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-workers-casinos-wages","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: workers demand casinos pay wages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Collective Union of Movement of Workers from Cambodia asks casino operators to better support workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- The Collective Union of Movement of Workers from Cambodia has asked all casino operators in the country to pay the last month\u2019s wages and to maintain 50 per cent of salaries during the closure of casinos, local media have reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Union said casino, bar and cinema workers are facing challenges and need help, according to the <em>Khmer Times<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After ordering the closure of all casinos last Monday, the government announced it will cover 20 per cent of the minimum wage of suspended workers in the hospitality and F&amp;B industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourism Ministry spokesman, Top Sopheak, told Khmer Times that around 28,000 employees are being impacted by Covid-19 suspensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Collective Union of Movement of Workers from Cambodia asks casino operators to better support workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Collective Union of Movement of Workers from Cambodia has urged casino operators to provide continued wage support during mandated closures, specifically requesting full payment for the last month and 50% salary maintenance. This comes as the Cambodian government announced it would cover 20% of the minimum wage for affected hospitality and F&B workers, impacting approximately 28,000 employees.","focusai_entities":"Collective Union of Movement of Workers from Cambodia, Khmer Times, Top Sopheak","focusai_location":"Cambodia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Financial Impact on Operators?","query":"What is the projected financial impact of these union demands on Cambodian casino operators' Q2\/Q3 P&L statements, considering the government's 20% wage subsidy?"},{"label":"Regional Labor Policy Comparison?","query":"How do these labor demands and government subsidies in Cambodia compare to similar measures implemented in other APAC iGaming jurisdictions during periods of operational suspension?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,161,439,16333],"tags":[30,29],"class_list":["post-5315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-daily-news","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia","tag-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5315"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5327,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315\/revisions\/5327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}