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Kram <strong>March</strong> <strong>13</strong>, <strong>1997</strong> Labor Code<br />

Article 178:<br />

number <strong>of</strong> hours <strong>of</strong> work authorized as per paragraph 4 above.<br />

6. After having consulted with the Labor Advisory Committee, the Ministry in Charge <strong>of</strong> Labor can<br />

wholly or partially exclude certain categories <strong>of</strong> occupation or employment from having to implement this<br />

article if the implementation <strong>of</strong> this article for these types <strong>of</strong> occupation or employment create<br />

considerable difficulties.<br />

The Labor Inspector can request a physician, who is in public service, to examine children less than eighteen years <strong>of</strong> age<br />

employed in an enterprise in order to establish that their jobs are not beyond their physical capabilities. If this is the case,<br />

the Labor Inspector is empowered to demand that their job be changed or that they be let out <strong>of</strong> the establishment upon<br />

the advice or examination <strong>of</strong> the physician, if their parents so protest.<br />

Article 179:<br />

All employers must keep a register <strong>of</strong> children aged less than eighteen years old, whom they employ, indicating their<br />

date <strong>of</strong> birth. This register must be submitted to the Labor Inspector for visa, observation and warning.<br />

Article 180:<br />

In orphanages and charitable institutions in which primary education is given, occupational or vocational training for<br />

children less than fourteen years old must not exceed three hours per day. A record must be kept indicating the date <strong>of</strong><br />

birth, manual labor conditions for children, and the daily schedule i.e. the assignment <strong>of</strong> hours <strong>of</strong> study, manual labor,<br />

rest, and meals.<br />

The record must be submitted to the Labor Inspector for visa, observation and warning at the end <strong>of</strong> each year.<br />

Article 181:<br />

No unemancipated child <strong>of</strong> either sex less than eighteen years old can contract to work without the consent <strong>of</strong> his<br />

guardian.<br />

C. Women Work<br />

Article 182:<br />

In all enterprises covered by Article 1 <strong>of</strong> this law, women shall be entitled to a maternity leave <strong>of</strong> ninety days.<br />

After the maternity leave and during the first two months after returning to work, they are only expected to perform light<br />

work.<br />

The employer is prohibited from laying <strong>of</strong>f women in labor during their maternity leave or at a date when the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />

notice period would fall during the maternity leave.<br />

Article 183:<br />

During the maternity leave as stipulated in the preceding article, women are entitled to half <strong>of</strong> their wage, including their<br />

perquisites, paid by the employer.<br />

Women fully reserve their rights to other benefits in kind, if any.<br />

Any collective agreement to the contrary shall be null and void.<br />

However, the wage benefits specified in the first paragraph <strong>of</strong> this article shall be granted only to women having a<br />

minimum <strong>of</strong> one year <strong>of</strong> uninterrupted service in the enterprise.<br />

Article 184:<br />

http://www.bigpond.com.kh/Council_<strong>of</strong>_Jurists/Travail/trv001g.htm<br />

Page 34 <strong>of</strong> 68<br />

28/01/2011

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