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24 Feb 2020

Autor:
Ouch Sony & Khut Sokun, VOD

Cambodia: Arbitration Council awards three of four demands to the Great Duke hotel's employees and unions over compensation disputes

"Great Duke Workers Awarded Compensation as Unions Demand Law Reforms", 22 February 2020

Former staff of the closed Great Duke hotel in Phnom Penh have been awarded compensation by arbiters, ...

Touch Kosal, president of the Cambodia Tourism Workers Union Federation (CTWUF), which represents former Great Duke employees, said ... that his union had been awarded three of its four demands by the Arbitration Council, including compensation for seniority benefits, late notice of termination and unused vacation time.

However, Kosal, who also heads the Tourism Workers Union of the Great Duke Phnom Penh, said the union would appeal to Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng over the Council’s decision, announced ..., because workers were not awarded compensation for damages.

“We think it is unjust for workers since the hotel was closed and they did not give damages,” Kosal said...

Men Nimmith, executive director of the Arbitration Council Foundation, and lawyers for the Great Duke could not be reached for comment ...

Oum Vanna, who worked as a front-office supervisor at the hotel for about 20 years, said if workers continued to demand additional compensation, they might get it, but the dispute would be prolonged and leave workers waiting to be paid.

“If we still protest, we might get more, but it can take more time. Some can wait and some cannot wait,” Vanna said.

Lim Sophal, a driver for the Great Duke’s general manager for more than two decades, added that the union’s ongoing protests still hadn’t ensured respect for the Labor Law...

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