Labor policy and administration
Safety at work
Fund to Prevent Deaths at Work Making Headway in Myanmar
A business leader has urged the organisers of an international scheme aimed at reducing deaths and injuries in global supply chains to set up a safety training school in Myanmar.The Vision Zero Fund, founded in 2015 and backed by G7, a group of the world’s ...
Settlement, apology ends strike at slipper factory
Some 600 disgruntled workers at the Myanmar DYC slipper factory in Mingaladon township ended their strike yesterday, after labour officials mediated a settlement and a Korean supervisor of the operation apologised for allegedly abusive conduct, according to the workers and a factory official. Keep reading ...
Workers at state-owned oilfield in Magwe Region claim lack of overtime pay, poor safety measures
Oilfield workers in Magwe Region’s Yenangyaung township claim they are not being properly compensated for overtime work and that they do not have the appropriate safety gear. Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise, which is accused by the workers of the labor violations, is a state-owned firm.Keep reading ...