A woman works at a garment factory in Yangon’s Shwepyithar Township on September 18, 2015. (AFP)

Overworked and underpaid: Junta handout robs workforce of overtime

The labour ministry’s new 1,000 kyat “allowance” skirts minimum wage law requirements at a time when the military’s mishandling of the economy has drastically shrunk workers’ purchasing power. 

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