PHNOM PENH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Tuesday set a new monthly minimum wage for the kingdom's garment, footwear and travel goods industry at 194 U.S. dollars for 2022, up 1.04 percent from the current 192 dollars, Labor Minister Ith Samheng announced.
"This new minimum wage will take effect from January 1, 2022 onwards," he said in a statement.
The garment, footwear and travel goods industry is Cambodia's largest export sector, employing about 750,000 people in approximately 1,100 factories and branches.
The Southeast Asian country exported garments, footwear and travel products worth 6.8 billion dollars during the first eight months, from January to August of 2021, according to a government report.
Pav Sina, president of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, said the union was not satisfied with the new minimum wage, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was hard to demand a higher wage.
"The increase of two dollars is too little and it cannot cope with the rising cost of living," he told reporters. Enditem
