Workers sit on the top of a truck on the outskirts of Yangon on August 20, 2015. - AFP/File / Nicolas Asfouri
YANGON, Aug 29, 2015 (AFP) - Myanmar’s government has approved the country’s first-ever national minimum wage, state media reported on Saturday, after months of bitter negotiations with labour groups and employers.
The wage has been set at 3,600 kyat ($2.80) “for a standard eight-hour work day” and takes effect from Tuesday, said the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
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