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Migrant worker law expected to take effect later this month
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 08/06/2017
» An executive decree imposing tougher punishments on those who illegally hire migrant workers or who violate the basic rights of migrant workers has been drafted and is expected to come into effect by mid-June.
New law sparks fears over drug price hikes
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/05/2017
» Pharmacists and health advocates have voiced opposition to a law that will cancel a regulation requiring state agencies to buy medical supplies from the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO).
Worker rights abuses at sea still a live issue
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 17/05/2017
» The military government has been commended for cracking down on illegal fishing activities following a series of warnings by the European Union but is taking flak from NGOs for failing to seriously curb violations of workers' rights and poor working conditions on fishing trawlers.
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.