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Leave it to us
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/02/2013
» Boonlert Rattanayaem earns 200,000 baht each year from his eight-rai tobacco plantation.
Japanese makers feel the wage hike
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/01/2013
» Up to 80% of Japanese firms operating in Thailand are affected by the daily minimum wage hike, with labour-intensive industries looking to relocate to neighbouring countries.
Unskilled migrant workers get a reprieve
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/12/2012
» The Board of Investment yesterday gave a New Year present to the industrial sector by extending the use of unskilled migrant workers in BoI-promoted companies for another two years.
A sweet investment
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/12/2012
» When 35-year-old Dilok Pinyosee was a university undergraduate, he had no clue he would one day be growing sugar cane in his home town in Khon Kaen province.
Welders develop internal certification standard
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 29/11/2012
» Rising minimum wages may drive a trend towards mechanisation, but there will always be demand for welders even if they already earn a much higher salary than the minimum, says the Asian Welding Federation (AWF).
Labour shortage holds back new projects
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/10/2012
» The construction industry's lack of workers has resulted in many projects not being able to expand, says the Construction Institute of Thailand (CIT).
BSM to train wall, ceiling installers
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/10/2012
» BuilderSmart Plc (BSM), the MAI-listed building materials distributor, plans to set up a training facility for walls and ceilings to deal with a labour shortage in the local construction industry.
The fast and the furious clock in
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/09/2012
» Teen motorcycle gangs may be terrorising the streets of Bangkok at night with their noisy races, but the problem could ease with a labour ministry plan to convince them to put their skills to use in the automotive sector.
Leather market takes a freaky turn
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/09/2012
» A scarcity of cows has resulted in a leather shortage, prompting some manufacturers to turn to using water monitors instead.
Mismatch leads to auto worker shortage
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 25/09/2012
» The automotive sector remains the most popular field of study at vocational schools, but the automobile industry remains short of workers as most vacancies are in welding and automation, says the Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec).