Pensions extended to workers in Thailand

Cambodian migrants in Thailand are to earn pension benefits as they work abroad, Labour Minister Ith Samheng has announced.

Meeting workers in Thailand yesterday, Mr Samheng said the government was discussing ways to make sure that migrants get equal access to pensions when they returned home. He said that all private sector employees would be eligible to the same pension benefits as civil servants from 2019.

The Ministry of Labour is now in talks with the Thai government over how to recognise workers’ time abroad as a contribution to their final pension allocation, Mr Samheng added.

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