Myanmar will start an unemployment benefits system in fiscal 2020-21 according to Daw Than Than Nu, director at the Department of Social Welfare under the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population. Although unemployment benefits are already stipulated under the 2012 Social Security Law, it has not been enforced. The ministry will commence implementation with help […]
Arrival and departure cards cancelled
September 18, 2018 by
Visitors will no longer need to fill in the Arrival and Departure cards at the Yangon, Mandalay, and Nay Pyi Taw international airports. The measure will start September 12, according to the statement made by the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population. The cancellation is an effort to promote tourism and draw more foreigners to […]
Myanmar to raise minimum wage by 33%
March 14, 2018 by
YANGON — Myanmar will raise its minimum wage by one-third to 4,800 kyat ($3.63) per day, a move that will affect the country’s labor-intensive exporting industries like garment manufacturing and food processing. A panel of representatives from the government, labor and management proposed the wage hike in early January. During the 60-day public debate period, […]
Burma Removes Hundreds of Names from Blacklist
July 29, 2016 by
RANGOON — The names of some 600 foreign and Burmese nationals were removed from Burma’s blacklist, the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population told The Irrawaddy on Thursday. A move that was pledged by Union minister Thein Swe as part of his ministry’s 100-day plan, led to the removal of 607 names—more than 200 Burmese and 300 […]
Over Ks56m paid to 180 employees after Taiwanese employer absconded
July 5, 2016 by
Workers of the Unipolar garment factory at Shwe Linpan Industrial Zone in Hlaing Tharyar received their months salary and compensation yesterday. Over Ks56m was paid out to the 180 employees from the Factories & General Labor Law Inspection Department under the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population. The factory, which was opened two years ago, […]
Myanmar’s workers, employers clash over minimum wage
July 7, 2015 by
YANGON — Myanmar’s garment manufacturers have signaled their opposition to a proposed national minimum wage of just over $3 per day, saying the increase could force factories in the vital industry to close. “With that wage, businesses cannot survive,” said Khine Khine Nwe, secretary general of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association, which represents 280 factories […]
The Rising Power of Myanmar’s Women’s Workforce
October 7, 2014 by
YANGON — Some 700 young Burmese women waited outside the gates of the Master Sport Shoe Factory in Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone in northern Yangon in late August. For two months they had been watching the same metal warehouse behind the locked gates of their former workplace. Some crouched on the dirt beneath bamboo and […]
