Rajah & Tann Regional Round-Up
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 Issue 3 - Jul/Aug/Sep 2023
 

Notification on Request for Foreign Employee Quota for 2024

On 30 August 2023, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training ("MLVT") issued Notification No. 024/23 informing owners or directors of enterprises or establishments that are employing foreign employees for 2024 to apply for foreign employee quota approval from 1 September 2023 to 30 November 2023. Such applications can be conducted via www.fwcms.mlvt.gov.kh.


Employers intending to employ foreign employees are reminded that engaging foreign employees without MLVT's approval may result in a fine of 61 to 90 days of base daily wage or imprisonment of six days to one month in accordance with Article 369 of the Labour Law.

 

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