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Cabinet to review wage hike
News, Published on 12/12/2023
» The cabinet is expected to order a review of new daily minimum wage rates on Tuesday, while business organisations are urging the government to respect the decision on wage increases made by a tripartite wage committee.
1k Thais have been flown home
News, Published on 18/10/2023
» About 1,000 Thai workers have been repatriated from Israel since the deadly surprise attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Oct 7.
Daily wage hikes start next month
News, Published on 14/09/2022
» The cabinet yesterday approved hikes to the daily minimum wage and the new rates will take effect next month.
Discounts no fix for price-rise woes
News, Published on 24/01/2022
» Prices are rising -- in the case of some items like pork products, by a lot -- and people are feeling the pinch.
Trafficked illegals in crosshairs
News, Published on 10/11/2021
» Arrest warrants are being sought for smugglers of illegal migrant workers and their assets will be seized as the crackdown continues on people entering the country illegally to find work following the Nov 1 reopening.
Virus cases pass 1 million
News, Published on 21/08/2021
» There are several lessons the country must learn from the mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis after Thailand reached the grim milestone of more than one million accumulated cases on Friday, according to the president of the Rural Doctors Society.
Push to put elderly welfare recall on hold
News, Published on 06/02/2021
» The National Committee for the Elderly will recommend that the cabinet delay the recall of living allowances awarded to elderly citizens already receiving multiple state welfare packages, Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said yesterday.
Workers seek pension relief
News, Published on 02/05/2020
» Cash-strapped workers staged a May Day rally at the Labour Ministry yesterday demanding the Social Security Office (SSO) release 30% of contributions they have made to a pension fund as they desperately need the money.
No quarantine for workers returning home from S Korea
Published on 03/03/2020
» Illegal workers returning home from South Korea to escape the Covid-19 epidemic are being put into voluntary self-quarantine because there is no law requiring they be quarantined, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on Tuesday.