Abstract

• Bago District is situated in the southern part of the Republic of Union of Myanmar in Bago Region. It is a fertile district which is mainly based on agricultural cultivation. It is an area of heavy rainy season that the low land area of Bago District faces floods. Therefore, the Government of the Union of Myanmar constructed dams, embankments, sluice gates and canals for the development of agricultural sector and to prevent flooding in Bago District since 1988. In order to carry out the tasks for renovation and management of dams, embankments, sluice gates and canals that were already constructed in Bago District, Department of Irrigation organized the management on the assignment of staffs. The management on the calculation of labour forces during the interim period between 1988 and 2006 varies town by town in Myanmar as a whole. Started from 2006, headquarter in Yangon, Department of Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, the Government of the Union of Myanmar, therefore specified the method for calculating criterion on employee for the whole country. The methods for calculating criterion on employees consisted of calculating criterion for employee regarding irrigation system, sluice gates and distribution of water to paddy fields on summertime. Department of Irrigation calculated the criterion on employee for the whole country based on the method used during the colonial period. By this method, the assignment of staffs were calculated for Zaungtu Dam, Shwe Pyay (3) Reservoir, Zalattaw Reservoir, Mazin Dam, Alainni Dam, Wagatoke Dam, Kodukwe Dam, Salu Dam and Shwelaung Dam constructed in Bago Township. By the same method, the assignment of staffs were calculated for Pyinpongyi Dam, Bawni Dam, Kawliya Dam and Baida Dam situated in Daik-U Township and Ye Nwe reservoir located in Kyauktaga township. The aims of this research are to discuss the important part of assignment of staff in irrigation works and to analyze the calculation of labor standards for the assignment of staff regarding dams