Cambodian workers returning from Thailand are not required to have a Cambodian National ID card to apply for work or register with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).
In an August 11 notice, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training informed the owners and managers of enterprises, factories and companies, as well as the public, that, in order to facilitate job opportunities for returning migrant workers, the ministry will not require a Cambodian national ID card when applying for a worker’s employment book or registering with the ministry’s NSSF. This temporary measure will remain in place until further notice.
“The owners or managers of enterprises, companies, and factories may recruit Cambodian workers returning from Thailand by accepting other documents such as a birth certificate, family record book, passport, Cambodian migrant worker’s travel document (TD), or an identification letter issued by a competent authority, in place of the Cambodian national ID card,” said the statement.
The ministry urged all employers implement the notification immediately.
The exemption follows a mass exodus of Cambodian workers from Thailand due to the recent border conflict, which has reportedly led to discrimination, and in some cases violence, against them while in Thailand.
Ministry spokesperson Sun Mesa told The Post that from June 8 to the morning of Monday, August 11, about 910,000 Cambodian workers have returned to Cambodia. Tens of thousands of them have already found employment.
