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40m workers 'getting a poor deal'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/01/2026
» Academics and activists said over 40 million workers in Thailand remain stuck in low-paid, unsafe jobs with inadequate healthcare and social protection, urging parties to draft policies that ensure labour protection and fair employment.
Revised Social Security rates to take effect next year
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/12/2025
» The Social Security Office (SSO) has advised employers and Article 33 insurers to prepare for a revised ceiling contribution rate taking effect next year, in a move aimed at expanding benefits and strengthening the fund.
Slaying the healthcare zombie
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/05/2025
» When a photo of a dental unit at Tanao Sri Hospital -- a remote community hospital in Ratchaburi province -- using a frog-hunting head torch in place of a proper dental lamp went viral last month, it highlighted a grim reality: Thailand's public healthcare system is struggling.
Review of hike in pension age
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/03/2025
» The Social Security Office (SSO) says a potential increase in the retirement age for pension eligibility from 55 to 65 is a recommendation from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and has yet to be applied in Thailand.
Govt 'committed' to minimum wage hike
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/03/2025
» Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn is committed to raising the minimum wage to 400 baht nationwide despite concerns over its impact on SMEs and inflation.
Park shortlisted for Unesco honour
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/04/2023
» Phangnga: Thailand has convinced the World Heritage commitee to accept its nomination of the Andaman Sea Natural Reserves of Thailand to be named on Unesco's World Heritage list by the year 2025.
Wage hikes make little impact: expert
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2022
» Minimum wage rises have failed to keep up with GDP growth with workers on the lowest rung in society receiving only a 15-baht hike in the daily wage in the last 10 years, according to a Thammasat University economist.
'We just want to make ends meet'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/07/2021
» The possibility of a lockdown proposal and tougher Covid-19 restrictions in Bangkok is now the talk of the town as Covid-19 infections in the capital surge, with more than 1,000 new cases in recent days.
Forest communities to receive 5.9m rai
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2018
» In the last month of the year, the government handed out many new gifts to citizens, including to poor forest dwellers.
For locals, community land deeds a life or death issue
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/11/2018
» Residents of Ban Pong village in Chiang Mai's Sansai district have won a community land title -- a new land allocation concept for landless villagers.