3 mins read · Fri September 6, 2024
The Ministry of Labour has recently issued Notification 108/2024, dated 28 August 2024 requiring Myanmar citizens working abroad to remit 25% of their wages back home. This is in addition to the 2% income tax that many overseas Myanmar workers must already pay.
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1 mins read · Mon August 12, 2024
Myanmar’s minimum wage has been set at Kyats 4800 for an 8-hour working day or an hourly rate of Kyats 600 since 2018. While the minimum wage has not changed, the National Committee for Setting the Minimum Wages (the Committee) issued Notification No.2/2023, providing for an additional allowance of Kyats 1000 per day starting from […]
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3 mins read · Fri January 14, 2022
The Social Security Board (SSB) has changed how it calculates and how it reimburses maternity costs incurred at private medical facilities. This is applicable for all workers insured under Myanmar’s social security scheme. Changes to maternity entitlements, result from Directive No (7) 2021 issued by the SSB on 7 December 2021 with letter No.0905/3/LaMaPha(Med)2021(10927) (Directive).
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