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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.
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Row erupts over mystery of elephant deaths
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/01/2012
» The brutal slaying of wild elephants in Kaeng Krachan National Park has taken a nasty turn with five officials suspected of being involved.
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Thailand aims to stop worst child labour
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 05/02/2012
» The Labour Ministry plans to declare a list of jobs considered too dangerous for children in the hope that the US will remove Thailand from a watch list.
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Thai to the bone, But still just Second-Class
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 05/02/2012
» Take a walk through villages on the other side of the Tanao Sri mountain range separating Thailand and Myanmar and it's like you've never crossed the border. Everyone is speaking Thai.
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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.
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Surin: Put spotlight on skills
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/02/2012
» The prospect of many migrant workers returning home to help Myanmar rebuild its economy should be a wake-up call for Thailand, underlining the need to shift from a labour-intensive system to one built on higher skills, says Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan.
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Asean chief says Thailand must change
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/02/2012
» The enthusiasm of Myanmar's leadership for their migrants to return and work for the country's development should be a wake-up call for Thailand, Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan has warned.
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Migrant workers 'unprotected'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/03/2012
» The International Labour Organisation has criticised Thailand for failing to include migrant workers in its Workmen's Compensation Fund.
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Fisheries workers 'need better rights'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/03/2012
» Better protection is needed for labourers in the fishery sector, says the International Labour Organisation.
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Red Bull tycoon Chaleo dies
Online Reporters, Published on 17/03/2012
» Chaleo Yoovidhya, whose local energy drink became the global sensation Red Bull and made him one of Thailand's richest men, died on Saturday at age 80.
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