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Make Social Security Fund sustainable
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/07/2023
» Changing demographics and economic trouble threaten the Social Security Fund (SSF), the country's biggest pension fund.
Overstretched pension fund needs reform
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/01/2022
» The Social Security Fund's (SSF) pension scheme, which was designed to provide a source of income for those who have retired from the private sector, may not last unless changes are made to strengthen its finances, experts warn.
MLB locks out players in first work stoppage since 1994
AFP, Published on 02/12/2021
» NEW YORK - Major League Baseball locked out its players shortly after midnight on Thursday as failure to agree on a new collective contract sparked the sport's first work stoppage since 1994.
Private hospitals urge state to cover costs
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 13/07/2021
» Private hospitals are suggesting that the government increase coverage of medical expenses for Covid-19 inpatients in private hospitals to let more facilities in the capital help ease the public health burden.
Human capital and the innovation economy
Business, Published on 09/06/2021
» In an article published in the Bangkok Post in February, I explored how people management has changed in lockstep with humanity's economic evolution from a hunter-gatherer society through the agricultural and industrial ages into the knowledge and information age. Today, let's discuss how successful people management in the innovation economy requires a new perspective on how to best manage people: human capital.
Signs point to higher job losses
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 31/05/2021
» The third wave of Covid-19 brought the number of daily infections and deaths to a record high, and threatens to do the same for unemployment figures.
Analysts shrug at new scheme
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 17/05/2021
» With a slow vaccine rollout, mounting Covid-19 cases and new variants entering the country, Thailand's economic future seems more uncertain than ever.
Third wave's unpalatable reality
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/04/2021
» The third wave of Covid-19 in Thailand is nothing short of an unprecedented crisis for the country's public health system, just as it is for its already flailing economy.
How Vietnam's new labour code will affect employers and employees
Published on 03/03/2020
» In November 2019, the National Assembly of Vietnam issued a new version of the Labour Code, which serves as the principal legislation on employment and labour relationships in Vietnam, covering domestic and foreign employers and employees. The changes in the new law are more incremental than sweeping, and generally serve to close loopholes and clarify vague provisions in the existing Labour Code of 2012.
IT jobs offer best salaries for fresh grads
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 14/02/2020
» Programmers, software developers and Japanese interpreters are the top paying jobs for fresh graduates this year, with starting salaries ranging between 35,000-40,000 baht a month, according to human resource management company Adecco Group Thailand.