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Migrant laws set to 'ruin businesses'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/08/2017
» Business people and scholars have warned that harsher punishments imposed by the executive decree on migrant worker employment may not be an effective tool to curb illegal labour.
New law sparks fears over drug price hikes
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/05/2017
» Pharmacists and health advocates have voiced opposition to a law that will cancel a regulation requiring state agencies to buy medical supplies from the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO).
Social security rates tipped to increase
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 13/05/2017
» The Social Security Office (SSO) will next Wednesday finalise a proposal to raise the payment rates of health care services paid to contracted hospitals under the social security system (SSS) to catch up with rising costs.
Bid to reduce HIV infection in babies
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 25/03/2017
» Thailand aims to cut the transmission rate of HIV from mother-to-child to less than 1% within the next three years.
Meagre wage rise enrages labour groups
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/12/2016
» Academics have pointed out the negative long-term impact of the latest minimum daily wage adjustment due to take effect next month, while labour groups vented frustration over the lower-than-expected new rates.
Govt vows to keep Din Daeng flats affordable
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/12/2016
» Residents of the Din Daeng flats who will be relocated to upgraded, modern apartments after it was decided their current building must be torn down for safety reasons, will enjoy the same low rental rates they pay now, the government says.
Small minimum wage increases
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/10/2016
» The Central Wage Committee has agreed to an increase in the daily minimum wage of 5 to 10 baht in 69 provinces and retain the 300-baht minimum wage in eight provinces, from Jan 1, permanent secretary for labour Puntrik Smiti said.
SSO frees median prices cap on dental care services
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/09/2016
» The Social Security Office (SSO) board has bowed to subscribers' demands and scrapped the median prices that limit a dental care benefit.
SSO subscribers 'unable to benefit from cover boost'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 26/08/2016
» The Social Security Office (SSO) board has pledged to help subscribers who are affected by median prices set in a dental care benefit announcement.
Museum takes aim at red light stigmas
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/08/2016
» It's the oldest profession in the world and one that still carries a stigma in Thailand. But for a local non-profit organisation that opened a museum earlier this month in Nonthaburi, prostitution is a job like any other, and with its exhibition hopes to dismantle the negative stereotypes surrounding sex work.