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More options for migrants to register
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/02/2012
» The Labour Ministry has agreed to extend the nationality verification deadline for foreign workers until June.
Surapong plans Myanmar talks to stop checkpoint closures in Tak
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 05/02/2012
» TAK : Thailand will hold talks with senior officials from Myanmar later this month on the Moei River embankment to try to prevent important trade checkpoints being closed again.
Flood aid tops govt to-do list
Online Reporters, Published on 28/01/2012
» Helping flood-hit people and delivering on promises of wage increases top the list of the 10 priorities for the reshuffled cabinet of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a survey shows.
Kittiratt knows speeding up flood projects takes priority
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 28/01/2012
» Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong has no time to lose in implementing the government's flood prevention policy, Post Today argues.
NHRC honours fallen labour rights activists
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/01/2012
» The National Human Rights Commission yesterday granted its 2011 awards to seven fighters for equality who have disappeared or been killed.
Govt foreign labour plan comes under fire
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/01/2012
» Labour activists have criticised a plan by the Labour Ministry to allow thousands of foreign workers from Vietnam, Bangladesh and Nepal into the country to cope with a labour shortage.
PT: Conspiracy to topple government
Online Reporters, Published on 26/01/2012
» A group of politicians and members of an old power clique have set up a fund of almost three billion baht to ignite a workers' movement to overthrow the government, Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit claimed on Thursday.
Ministry opens job market, social security to foreigners
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/01/2012
» The Labour Ministry is freeing up the labour market to allow more foreigners to work here, in line with the regional free market which comes into effect in three years.
Businesses baulk over migrants'health cover
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/01/2012
» Employers are calling on the Labour Ministry to scrap a requirement that they pay the medical bills of insured foreign workers in advance and then claim the money back at a later date.
Little accident cover for migrant labour
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/01/2012
» Employers are required to buy migrant workers insurance against work injuries if they want to secure permission to have them work legally, the Labour Ministry says.