No minimum wage set for Cambodian domestic workers in new MOU

A new bilateral agreement between Malaysia and Cambodia on the hiring of domestic workers could offer employers cheaper alternatives to Indonesia and the Philippines as the current top two source countries for domestic workers.

This comes as the five-year agreement signed by both governments during Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's one-day visit to Cambodia yesterday does not specify a minimum wage for a Cambodian domestic helper - unlike the existing terms set by Indonesia and the Philippines for Malaysian employers...