Unofficial Translation CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1: Purpose This law has a purpose to: - Provide for the rights and freedoms of enterprises or establishments, and all persons who fall within the provisions of the labor law as well as personnel serving in the air and maritime transportation; and - Determine the organization and functioning of the professional organizations of workers and employers in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Article 2: Objective This law has an objective to: - Protect the legitimate rights and interests of all persons who fall within the provisions of the labor law and personnel serving in the air and maritime transportation; - Ensure the rights to collective bargaining between workers and employers; - Promote harmonious industrial relations; and - Contribute to the development of decent work, enhancement of productivity and investment. Article 3: Scope - This law covers enterprises or establishments and all persons who fall within the provisions of the labor law. - This law also covers personnel serving in the air and maritime transportation. Article 4: Definitions The key terminologies used in this law have the following definitions: - A professional organization refers to a voluntarily and jointly established team or group of workers and employers aiming to cooperate with one another to carry out activities or to develop their own procedural rules for achieving specific professional objectives or goals. By virtue of this law, a professional organization of workers is called a union, whereas a professional organization of employers is called an employer association. - A shop steward is a workers’ representative elected through direct voting by workers. - A body of the electorate is an electoral body. - A union delegate is a union members’ representative elected through voting or Page 1 of 39