Lao State Workers Go Without Salaries, Even After PM’s Directive to Pay Them Monthly
State employees in many provinces of Laos have not received their January salaries in violation of a recent government mandate that the workers be paid on the 25th of every month, indicating that the directive may be a toothless effort to resolve a longstanding problem of lack of regional funds to pay workers on time.
None of the employees from the Department of Health in Savannakhet — the largest province in Laos — has been paid on time, said an official from the agency who declined to be named out of fear of retribution and of being fired from his job.
RFA’s Lao Service
