The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos will raise the minimum wage for low-skilled workers amid the rising cost of living in Laos, reports Laotian Times.
The Lao government has agreed to increase the monthly minimum wage from 1,100,000 kips (US$72) to 1,300,000 kips (US$86 - RM380) for private-sector employees in a bid to keep pace with the rising cost of living.
VIENTIANE, June 17 (Xinhua) The Lao government has agreed to increase the monthly minimum wage from 1,100,000 kips (some 72 U.S. dollars) to 1,300,000 kips (
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Workers and farmers on coffee and tea plantations in the Bolaven Plateau area will have safer working conditions and be able to exercise their rights as workers thanks to an initiative titled “Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights for Coffee and Tea Farmers” (SOLAR).