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Farm debt risks food supply
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 26/09/2014
» Academics have called on the government to support farmers who are losing their rice fields to lenders.
Surasak urged to speed up SSO reforms
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/09/2014
» Activists yesterday called on new Labour Minister Gen Surasak Kanjanarat to speed up social security reforms, stressing a need to turn the Social Security Office (SSO) into an independent public organisation to ensure greater transparency.
300 Thais flee farms near Gaza Strip
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 25/07/2014
» About 300 Thai workers have requested they be moved away from farms near the Gaza Strip, where the battle continues between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters.
Gaza bomb claims poor family's pillar
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/07/2014
» Narakorn Kittiyangkul, the 36-year-old Thai worker killed by a mortar shell near Gaza in Israel on Wednesday, was trying to support his family by taking a chance overseas instead of being a taxi driver in Bangkok.
Cambodia backs NCPO labour effort
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 25/06/2014
» Cambodia's ambassador to Thailand, Eat Sophea, has pledged her country's support for National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) efforts to enforce regulations on Cambodian migrant workers.
Army to manage labour shortfall
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/06/2014
» Business operators facing labour shortages following the mass exodus of Cambodian workers have been urged to report their manpower needs to the Labour Ministry so it can help fill the shortfall.
Academic warns elderly will be hurt
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/08/2013
» The government's plan to scrap the National Savings Fund will have a severe impact on the elderly, a researcher from the Thailand Development Research Institute says.
Chalerm targets illegal labour
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 10/07/2013
» Labour Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has vowed to clamp down on business operators who hire illegal immigrants.
Academic says govt must do more for informal workers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/05/2013
» The government's efforts to provide proper labour protection and welfare benefits to informal workers are moving at a snail's pace, according to a leading researcher.
Firms must buy migrants health cover
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 29/03/2013
» Employers are required to buy health insurance for migrant workers who have no access to healthcare protection under the social security system, the Public Health Ministry says.