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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip Reply #45 - 17^th Apr, 2011 at 3:17am I'm not sure about percent of Lao workforce with the company, but some foreign company bring their own worker. They say Lao Labors lack the skilled.
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PEACE God Member Offline Posts: 719 DIN FAR Gender: Age: 53	Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip Reply #46 - 17^th Apr, 2011 at 4:35am If so why don't the govt' force these companies to train/educate khonLao? llX wrote on 17^th Apr, 2011 at 3:17am: I'm not sure about percent of Lao workforce with the company, but some foreign company bring their own worker. They say Lao Labors lack the skilled.
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Reply #47 - 17^th Apr, 2011 at 4:42am

I'm thinking it just an excuse. China got 1.3 billion people, Vietnam got 90 million. Skilled or no skilled they don't really need any Lao worker. You can trains people to do anything, but will take time. They're working on training people though.

Government should required foreign company to hire at least 25% of Lao workforce or fine them, but everything is easier said then done. Corruption, bribery is a problem in one party system. There's around 200,000 illegal worker in Laos taking jobs away from the locals. Government has full authority of power they can pass any law and policy if they want too.

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PEACE wrote on 17^th Apr, 2011 at 4:35am:

If so why don't the govt' force these companies to train/educate khonLao?

llX wrote on 17^th Apr, 2011 at 3:17am:

I'm not sure about percent of Lao workforce with the company, but some foreign company bring their own worker. They say Lao Labors lack the skilled.
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Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip
Reply #48 - 17^th Apr, 2011 at 4:57am

llX wrote on 17^th Apr, 2011 at 4:42am:

"Human being is enterpreneurial and creative. But the only thing that make them poor is the policy and system they live by and environment they live in."
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PEACE wrote on 17^th Apr, 2011 at 4:35am:

If so why don't the govt' force these companies to train/educate khonLao?

llX wrote on 17^th Apr, 2011 at 3:17am:

I'm not sure about percent of Lao workforce with the company, but some foreign company bring their own worker. They say Lao Labors lack the skilled.
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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip Reply #49 - 17^th Apr, 2011 at 5:34am One of my favorite quote and it's true. I forgot who it's from.
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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip Reply #50 - 17^th Apr, 2011 at 6:04am That just turned the situation from a giggle to a real knee slapper.
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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip Reply #51 - 17^th Apr, 2011 at 3:31pm
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Reply #52 - 17^th Apr, 2011 at 7:56pm

llX wrote on 17^th Apr, 2011 at 3:31pm:

What's the joke? Am I missing something?

The Lao government DOES insist that foreign companies employ a certain quota of Lao employees. It depends on the industry though. When I set up my resort, we were allowed to have only one foreign employee for every 10 Lao employees.

As I stated in my earlier post, the government DOES insist that large foreign companies train Lao staff under the build, operate, transfer framework.

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William Kelley Ex Member	Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip Reply #53 - 18^th Apr, 2011 at 12:48am Makes sense. A very good policy. The factory I work in has about 1 local for every 3 illegals working, and this is Northwest Ohio to boot. I could understand if it was California or Texas.
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Reply #54 - 18^th Apr, 2011 at 2:17am

Very good policy. In other word whatever we are thinking about Lao government is way ahead, and already working on it.
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PEACE God Member Offline Posts: 719 DIN FAR Gender: Age: 53	Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip Reply #55 - 18^th Apr, 2011 at 2:48am That's very correct right now after lookiing at the Foreign Investment law website - 90% of your workforce has to be Lao. Definitely very good law for the locals .
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Reply #56 - 18^th Apr, 2011 at 3:27am

PEACE wrote on 18^th Apr, 2011 at 2:48am:

That's very correct right now after lookiing at the Foreign Investment law website - 90% of your workforce has to be Lao. Definitely very good law for the locals

If the government can enforce the law. Why is there 200,000 illegal worker in Laos? Action speak louder then word. Bribery, corruption is common in Asia and everywhere else.

Just like Thailand for example prostitution was supposed to be illegal since 1967.
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Reply #57 - 18^th Apr, 2011 at 3:33am

200,000 from where? I thought many khonLao cross over to Thailand to find jobs (illegally and legally). If they do not enforce the law then what is the point of having a law then? A country is more organized if everyone are involve in the process.

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PEACE wrote on 18^th Apr, 2011 at 2:48am:

That's very correct right now after lookiing at the Foreign Investment law website - 90% of your workforce has to be Lao. Definitely very good law for the locals

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Reply #58 - 18^th Apr, 2011 at 3:40am

Good point "what's the point of the law if its not enforce." About 60,000 Lao work in Thailand. It was on the new, government is trying to crackdown on 200,000 illegal worker. They didn't say from where, but most likely they are from China and Vietnam.

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PEACE wrote on 18^th Apr, 2011 at 2:48am:

That's very correct right now after lookiing at the Foreign Investment law website - 90% of your workforce has to be Lao. Definitely very good law for the locals

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Re: Laos minimum wage increase 700,000 kip
Reply #59 - 18^th Apr, 2011 at 1:40pm

llX wrote on 18^th Apr, 2011 at 3:40am:

Good point

"what's the point of the law if its not enforce."

About 60,000 Lao work in Thailand. It was on the new, government is trying to crackdown on 200,000 illegal worker. They didn't say from where, but most likely they are from China and Vietnam.

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PEACE wrote on 18^th Apr, 2011 at 2:48am:

That's very correct right now after lookiing at the Foreign Investment law website - 90% of your workforce has to be Lao. Definitely very good law for the locals

Rules and laws are MADE to be broken. We ARE talking about Laos, right?

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