Tourism operators say they will suffer and their expenses will rise by as much as 50% if they have to raise minimum wages to 300 baht a day in January. Read the rest of this entry »
Sector fears impact of 50% wage bump
July 7, 2011
ASEAN Social Charter
July 6, 2011
Asean members discuss draft Asean human rights declaration
July 4, 2011
VIENTIANE,July 4 (KPL) — Representatives of Asean member nations met at the first meeting of the drafting group on Asean human rights declaration last Friday to discuss about the draft Asean human rights declaration.
A two-day meeting was held at the Plaza Hotel in Vientiane Capital, which hosted by Lao PDR. Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia is human trafficking hotspot—WikiLeaks
July 4, 2011
MANILA, Philippines—Thousands of women from Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines, as well as China and India were trafficked to Malaysia for forced labor and prostitution, according to an unclassified 2006 cable from the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur released by WikiLeaks, the online whistle-blower. Read the rest of this entry »
PHL renews call for release of Myanmar’s political prisoners
July 3, 2011
Philippine Foreign affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario renewed decades call for release of all remaining 2,000 political prisoners in Myanmar (Burma).
Also, Del Rosario said last year’s release of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi by Myanmar’s ruling military junta was simply not enough to fulfill the country’s commitment to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s “Roadmap to Democracy.” Read the rest of this entry »
Need for Asean to tackle human trafficking cited
June 25, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Justice Undersecretary and Inter Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) head Jose Vicente Salazar said the problem of human trafficking extends far beyond the country’s borders and that there is an urgent need for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to discuss and formulate policies to ensure that human trafficking is put to a stop. Read the rest of this entry »
Consider law to give maids a day off every week: Halimah
June 20, 2011
SINGAPORE should consider legislation that makes employers give their domestic helpers a rest day every week, said Madam Halimah Yacob, the Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports. Read the rest of this entry »
ILO, MOM sign agreement to improve labour practices in ASEAN region
June 16, 2011
SINGAPORE : The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) have signed a two-year agreement to improve labour and workplace practices in the ASEAN region. Read the rest of this entry »
Go for decent living wage policy
June 11, 2011
Compared to a minimum wage policy which is a short-term remedy, a decent living wage will ensure workers’ wages are on par with current economic reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Asia-Pacific governments play catch-up on minimum wages
June 1, 2011
Eight hours a day, seven days a week, a 40-year-old woman in this sweltering capital sweeps the footpaths of the public housing development where she lives. In the afternoon, she returns to her room, where she and four of her children, ages 5 to 15, sleep on a double mattress on the floor. Read the rest of this entry »
