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Migrant Labour: opportunity or threat?
Christopher Bruton, Published on 21/08/2017
» Human migration has been a natural phenomenon throughout history.
Forced or free: Thailand's rating in World labour freedom
Christopher Bruton, Published on 26/12/2016
» Recent legislation affecting a number of Thailand's major export markets has obliged authorities to pay greater attention to issues that ought to have been addressed and resolved more than a century ago: namely the persistence of what is euphemistically referred to as "forced labour", or more bluntly "slavery" within the Thailand manufacturing and service industry supply chain.
Forced or free?: Thailand’s rating in world labour freedom
Christopher Bruton, Published on 19/12/2016
» Recent legislation affecting a number of Thailand’s major export markets has obliged authorities to pay greater attention to issues that ought to have been addressed and resolved more than a century ago: namely the persistence of what is euphemistically referred to as "forced labour", or more bluntly "slavery" within the Thailand manufacturing and service industry supply chain.
Mobilising senior citizen manpower
Christopher Bruton, Published on 25/10/2016
» We have previously discussed Thailand's ageing population and the need to extend the working life of the active population. Older workers can be successful, effective workers. But they need special management skills, motivation and guidance for both employers and workers in order to gain maximum benefit. Research by Britain's University of Leicester (Vanessa Beck and Glynne Williams: Managing Older Workers) provides valuable insights into strategies for success.
Human Resources Watch: what can Thailand learn from "Brexit"?
Christopher Bruton, Published on 04/07/2016
» The UK referendum on remaining in or departing from the European Union (EU) was decided with a mere 51.9 per cent majority for departure. An extended period of post mortem debate, recriminations and potentially acrimonious negotiation now ensues. This will not be easy, least of all because the leaders of both government and opposition parties are now totally discredited and on their way out. Scotland hopes to quit the United Kingdom altogether. The victorious "Brexit" leaders appear to have formulated no advance plans to handle the situation.
UK "Brexit" with EU: what human resource lessons can Thailand learn?
Christopher Bruton, Published on 20/06/2016
» On 23 June 2016, British voters will take the momentous decision, whether to remain or leave the European Union. The most important issues creating the potential break-up are three-fold: firstly employment and wages, especially related to immigration of EU and non-EU citizens; secondly, the powers, pressures and costs of adherence to an overweight Brussels bureaucracy; and thirdly assessment of whether Britain is a net beneficiary or loser from the overall EU relationship.