Former staff of Great Duke hotel demand severance pay

Former staff of the Great Duke hotel  protesting this morning

About 100 former staff of Great Duke hotel today protested in front of the hotel in Phnom Penh to demand severance pay following its closure.

Toch Kosal, a representative of the former staff, today said that since Great Duke’s shutter, the management had agreed to pay their last wages and severance pay, but failed to offer enough severance pay according to the labour law.

“The company has not agreed to give severance pay and other benefits because some of us had worked for the hotel for about ten years,” Mr Kosal said.

In December last year, the management announced that the hotel closed down for economic reasons effective December 31.

Since June last year, the hotel has been facing protests from staff after it fell behind in paying their salaries.

Opened in 1996 as the InterContinental Phnom Penh Hotel, it was officially rebranded as The Great Duke Phnom Penh Hotel in 2018 after a new owner took over.