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Social security rates tipped to increase
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 13/05/2017
» The Social Security Office (SSO) will next Wednesday finalise a proposal to raise the payment rates of health care services paid to contracted hospitals under the social security system (SSS) to catch up with rising costs.
Growth in jobless spurs government skills plan
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 10/04/2017
» Close to half a million people were unemployed last month, up 99,000 or 1.3% in the same period last year, which is spurring the government to offer skills training for jobless workers.
Thailand vulnerable to 'boiling frog' crisis
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 05/04/2017
» Economic experts have urged the private and industrial sectors to quickly modernise and ease the impact of the Thailand 4.0 economic development model.
Low-cost state housing boon for migrants
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/02/2017
» An accommodation zone for migrant workers, a government project piloted in Samut Sakhon and Ranong, has received positive feedback from workers who now find themselves in better and more affordable living conditions.
Government issues new migrant worker threat
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/01/2017
» The Labour Ministry has urged migrant workers to have their nationalities verified by their respective countries or risk being deported after their work permits expire this year.
Trawlers look to Thais to crew boats
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 03/01/2017
» Thailand's fishing industry has had to turn itself around after being battered by criticism, forcing boat operators to try and recruit more Thais as fishing crew. However, recruitment has not attracted much interest.
Unfair phone fees cost callers extra B3.2bn a month
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/12/2016
» Phone users are paying about 3.2 billion baht a month in excess charges because telecom regulators have failed in their duty to ensure mobile phone operators calculate fees by the amount of seconds used, consumer protection activists said on Wednesday.
Help sought for Cambodia vote
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/09/2016
» A female Cambodian politician has called on the Thai government and employers of Cambodian workers in Thailand to support workers in registering with Cambodian authorities and casting their votes in their home country during elections next year.
SSO calls for pension scheme overhaul
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/09/2016
» The Social Security Office (SSO) has proposed an overhaul of its pension scheme after the number of retired subscribers receiving the old-age pension this year jumped to five times the level in 2014.
Migrant registration won't be extended
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/07/2016
» The Labour Ministry will not extend the deadline for the registration of migrant workers which ends late this month, said a senior labour official.