Cambodia
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2015
- Is the NEP under revision?
- No
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- Ministry in charge of economy/planning/finance
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of employment
- Yes
- Sectoral ministries
- Yes
- Trade unions
- Yes
- children
- -
- UN agencies
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- text
- Other: Asian Development Bank (ADB).
- Civil society groups, such as women or youth associations
- Yes
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- ILO
- Yes
- Regional
- No
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- Yes
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- -
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- -
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- Yes
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
To contribute to a successful implementation of the policy framework and strategies and to cope with the challenges above, the government has set out the National Employment Policy 2015-2025 (henceforth referred as the Policy) aiming to increase decent employment opportunities for Cambodian people, to increase labour productivity, to promote skills and human resource development, and to enhance labour market governance so that the needs arising from socio-economic development and changes in the national and regional economic architecture can be met.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- Objectives:
To achieve Goal 1 “To increase decent and productive employment opportunities”, this policy sets out the following objectives:
1.1 To promote decent and productive employment opportunities in macroeconomic policy framework;
1.2 To promote decent and productive employment opportunities in the sectoral development policies; and
1.3 To promote decent and productive employment by enabling the transition of workers and economic unit from the informal to the formal economy, by ensuring the preservation and improvement of the existing livelihood during the transition.
To achieve Goal 2 “To enhance skills and human resource development”, this policy sets out the following objectives:
2.1 To enhance and expand the development of soft skills;
2.2 To improve the quality of, in compliance with national, international and ASEAN standards, and access to education and technical and vocational education and training (TVET);
2.3 To improve relevance of education and TVET to labour market needs.
To achieve Goal 3 “To enhance labour market governance”, this policy sets out the following objectives:
3.1 To strengthen information system and database of labour market;
3.2 To strengthen employment service effectiveness and expand outreach;
3.3 To improve conditions of work and protection of workers;
3.4 To harmonize industrial relations and strengthen wage-setting mechanisms;
3.5 To conduct a feasibility study to establish unemployment scheme;
3.6 To oversee and protect migrant workers in obtaining decent employment and skill recognition.
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- Yes
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- Yes
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Target groups
- Youth
- -
- Women
- -
- Informal workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- -
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -