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Migrants in crosshairs for taking up 'Thai jobs'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/02/2023
» Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin has ordered the Department of Employment to swiftly enforce the law against the rising number of migrant workers taking up jobs reserved for Thai citizens.
M-Flow fines have motorists boiling
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/02/2022
» A consumer rights watchdog has urged the government to review the hefty fines imposed on motorists who fail to pay a toll in the new M-Flow toll collection system.
Govt outlines steps, rules for migrant amnesty
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/01/2021
» The Labour Ministry has outlined the steps required to register illegal migrants from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar under the government's workers amnesty programme, which officially commences on Friday.
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.
Agencies urge loosening of labour ban
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/09/2017
» Public and private agencies involved in migrant worker employment yesterday said unskilled work should be delisted from some of the 39 occupations reserved for Thai nationals as a measure to address the labour shortage in Thai industries.
How lives are turned inside out
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/01/2015
» For many inmates who are about to be released from jail, career training and advice on personal finance are crucial in helping them prepare for reintegration into a society they left long ago.
Q mark veggies found 'unsafe'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/08/2014
» Consumer rights groups have called for action after chemical contamination was found in samples of vegetables and fruits granted the "Q mark" for safety.
Unclean food number one issue, NGO says
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/12/2013
» Food contamination has topped complaints to the Foundation for Consumers since September last year, the non-government consumer organisation says.