From now on, workers and employees with disabilities at factories, enterprises and state institutions are allowed to leave their respective workplaces at least 15 minutes early as pregnant women.

The announcement was made this morning by Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen at a get-together with some 18,000 workers and employees in Kampong Chhnang province.

If it is possible, he added, government ministries and institutions are encouraged to give more time for their employees with disabilities.

Having taken into account the welfare of persons with disabilities, the Royal Government of Cambodia has set a quota of up to 2 percent for the recruitment of persons with disabilities to work in the ministries and state institutions in accordance with the Law on Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The private sector is also encouraged to recruit persons with disabilities in order to contribute to improving their living conditions and giving them opportunity to participate more widely in the socio-economic development.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse