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Plugging the gap
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/12/2022
» Thailand has resumed importing legal migrant workers under memorandums of understanding signed with neighbouring countries after the Covid-19 pandemic eased.
Migrants to be allowed back to work
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/08/2021
» The Ministry of Labour is preparing to allow the return of labourers from three neighbouring countries under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), after a survey showed 424,703 migrant workers are needed to bolster the nation's workforce.
Govt reinstates unskilled workers ban
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/12/2018
» The government's committee on migrant labour management policy on Thursday reinstated its policy to ban migrant workers from taking up employment as unskilled labourers in Thailand.
Anti-alcohol drive 'a success'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/12/2017
» The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has hailed the success of its anti-alcohol campaign which has resulted in a decrease of liquor given as New Year gifts from more than 30% to 7% over the past nine years.
Lao workers to get special aid
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 13/07/2017
» The Labour Ministry will open a centre to ensure the legal status of Lao workers who can prove their identity, while Lao authorities have promised to help illegal workers wanting to return home to acquire passports so they can be legally re-employed in Thailand.
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.
Brushing up on new career
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 26/07/2015
» Once even holding a paintbrush seemed impossible, but now Ketsara Inkaeo is a part-time artist whose works are popular among international buyers.
May Day festivities fall flat for workers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/05/2014
» Many workers had little to celebrate on May Day Thursday as they called for the "no work, no pay" wage system to be scrapped.
Policy 'will attract illegals'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 08/10/2012
» The government's policy to increase the minimum wage to 300 baht nationwide in January is expected to cause an influx of migrant labourers, civil rights advocates said yesterday.
Firms 'ignore wage hike law'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/07/2012
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government has come under fire for its failure to order employers to adopt the 300-baht minimum daily wage policy.