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1997 meltdown 'unheeded lesson'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 03/07/2017
» The 1997 financial meltdown, known as the Tom Yum Kung crisis, is an important lesson for policy-makers on the need to ensure better protections for the labour sector -- the hardest hit by the crisis -- so workers do not end up as "easy victims" of economic vulnerability, according to Narong Phetprasert, Chulalongkorn University labour economist.
Call to extend pension age to 60 wins few friends
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 03/07/2017
» A labour rights group and some company workers have objected to an idea to extend the age for pension payouts under the social security system from 55 to 60, saying it will do more harm than good.
Overseas work-study courses abused, halted
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/06/2017
» Educational institutions nationwide have been ordered to suspend programmes that send Thai students to work abroad after eight college students sought help from Korean authorities, claiming they were exploited by their Korean employer.
More migrant children able to hit the books
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/06/2017
» Children of migrant labourers are slowly becoming aware of the opportunity of receiving an education in Thailand.
Nurses' victory is not the end of the battle
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 29/05/2017
» The role of contract nurses as activists demanding the government upgrade their status to permanent civil servants can be traced back many years to their mentor in Udon Thani.
Workers urge bankrupt factory to pay up
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/05/2017
» Laid-off workers at a garment factory in Samut Sakhon have demanded their ex-employer speed up compensation payments after the textile company, which went bankrupt last month, said it will pay them in six months.
Chicken farm workers paid compensation
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/03/2017
» The Labour Court has ordered Dhammakaset Co Ltd, which operates a poultry farm in Lop Buri, to pay 1.7 million baht in compensation to 14 Myanmar workers who were forced to work long hours and were underpaid.
Higher lay-off payouts flagged under draft change
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/02/2017
» Employees having worked for a company for more than 20 years will be entitled to receive a considerably higher rate of financial compensation if laid off, according to draft amendments to the 1998 Labour Protection Act.
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.
New app aims to help women overseas
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/02/2017
» The Women's Affairs and Family Development Department (DWF) has introduced a new mobile application to help Thai women in trouble, including human trafficking victims, in foreign countries.