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Complaints grow against migrant 'job snatchers'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/01/2023
» The Labour Ministry has launched a crackdown on migrant workers and their Thai employers following a wave of complaints that they are being employed in roles reserved for Thai nationals.
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.
Illegal migrants face blitz
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/04/2021
» The Labour Ministry has set up six teams to deal with the problem of illegal foreign workers and employers who hired them as part of measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
Hit broadcasters of rape where it hurts
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/03/2021
» Fines do not stop TV producers from romanticising rape in soap operas but boycotts of products that generate vital advertising revenue might do the trick, says a women's rights group.
Employers told to submit status form
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/01/2021
» Employers with 10 or more employees must submit an employment and work status form this month or face a fine of up to 20,000 baht, the Labour Ministry warns.
Illegal migrant blitz sees 5,000 deported
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/02/2019
» More than 5,000 illegal migrant workers have been deported and over 25 million baht worth of fines collected from those who have broken Thailand's visa laws, including those who employed the illegal migrants.
Cops crack down on illegal migrants
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/07/2018
» A massive crackdown on illegal migrants has been launched nationwide after the registration of undocumented alien labourers reached deadline on Saturday.
14,000 now face deportation
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/06/2018
» As the registration of migrant labourers reaches its deadline on Saturday, over 14,000 undocumented workers have still not completed the process, Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo said.
Thais told to respect visas in S.Korea
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/06/2018
» More than 100,000 Thai nationals are suspected of overstaying their visas in order to work illegally in South Korea, according to a Thai minister-counsellor for labour based in South Korea.
Golf links on migrant watchlist
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/05/2018
» The Labour Ministry is threatening to take legal action against golf course operators who illegally hire migrant workers as caddies to replace Thais, an issue Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has also expressed concern over.