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Jobs 'big role' in Suu Kyi win
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/11/2020
» Infrastructure development in Myanmar and high levels of employment helped secure victory for the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi in the election on Nov 8, according to a regional political expert.
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Migrants take hardest virus hit
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/05/2020
» Migrant workers in the kingdom have been hit hard by the economic impact of Covid-19.
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Recruiters seek OK to place offshore ads
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/11/2019
» Disrupted by protective labour laws, overseas job placement firms have lobbied the Ministry of Labour to revise regulations to allow them to advertise job opportunities online to recruit job seekers in advance.
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Fruit of the organic bloom
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/12/2019
» Kittiwat Wasuratdechapong looks back at his chemically treated orange orchards, which left him in financial ruin, with despair.
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Labour policy lacks common touch
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/07/2018
» The Ministry of Labour has used the tripartite committee mechanism to solve problems on labour issues for more than three decades but it has recently come under fire from both employers and workers.
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An 80-year-old shop charmer
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/04/2019
» Pracha Jankrajang, aged 80, a customer assistant at the homeware department of Robinson Department Store's Bang Pu branch in Samut Prakan, surprised customer Waraphon Rattanamalai who wondered why a man his age was employed there.
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BBC report on Thais' Israel plight stirs fuss
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/11/2018
» The Thai government must review the labour agreement between Thailand and Israel after a recent news report surfaced of Thai workers facing abuse and exploitation, according to Samarn Laodamrongchai, a researcher at Chulalongkorn University's East Asian Studies Institute.
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A battle to save classes
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 31/12/2023
» Nan: Residents, teachers and activists have called on the Education Ministry to review a plan to merge small schools with larger schools, saying small schools should remain open in their localities so students will not have to study far from their homes.
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Labour group favours B492 minimum wage over handout
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/11/2023
» A workers' representative has reiterated a demand for a 492-baht flat rate minimum wage nationwide to increase purchasing power, calling it a more sustainable approach than a one-time cash handout.
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Expand welfare policies to boost economy, experts say
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 04/09/2023
» The government should boost the country's short-term economic growth by expanding state welfare policies to reduce inequalities in society, academics said at a seminar organised by the Thai Journalists' Association yesterday.
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