MYANMAR STILL MULLING MINIMUM WAGE HIKE
September 1st, 2017
MYANMAR is due to finish a review of its national minimum wage in the coming weeks, although with labour unions and factory operators proposing very different figures a delay could be on the cards.
The country’s first daily minimum wage was set at Myanmar Kyat MMK3,600 (USD2.66) at the start of September 2015, the product of a hotly fought debate between trade unions and factory owners. The legal basis for the pay floor - Myanmar’s 2013 Minimum Wage Law - stipulates at least one review within a two-year period. Factory workers began protesting for better pay ...
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