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New law offers social security lifeline
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/04/2018
» The amended version of the Social Security Fund Act will help more than 750,000 former members of the Social Security Fund regain access to medical welfare.
Booze-free crusade 'won't deter revellers'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/04/2018
» The alcohol-free Songkran campaign will not put off people from going out to have fun during the festival, according to the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth).
60,000 workers become illegal
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/04/2018
» Nearly 60,000 migrant workers have had their status rendered as illegal and are no longer allowed to stay in the country after they missed Saturday's deadline for registration under the new labour law.
Last-day chaos as 1.3m migrants register
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/04/2018
» >> Over 1.3 million migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar completed their registration with the Labour Ministry on the last day of registration yesterday.
Migrants wait to get stamped, refugee-style
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/03/2018
» Migrant worker Som Nang sat waiting with his wife and their two-year-old daughter for hours on Wednesday night for his turn to register at the Labour Ministry's One Stop Service centre.
Suffering continues for alien labourers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/03/2018
» As the deadline to register alien labourers nears this Saturday, nearly 9,000 migrants nationwide have been struggling to seek work permits through online registration to extend their stay until March, 2020.
Avoid sex assault: Don't dress sexy, says government
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/03/2018
» Local authorities are telling women to avoid dressing in sexy outfits as they try to prevent sexual harassment or sex assault cases during next month's Songkran festival.
Ministry leads drive to find ex-cons jobs
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/03/2018
» The Labour Ministry is leading a campaign aimed at creating more job opportunities for former inmates with occupational skills training under a government project called "return good people to society".
Migrant worker checks hit new snag
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/03/2018
» Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have been temporarily allowed to work in the country are at risk of becoming illegal as labour authorities struggle to meet a deadline in three weeks to register more than 1.6 million workers.
When easy access to antibiotics is a hindrance, not a help
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/03/2018
» Kimhuay Luang-orn, 72, and Kaimook Ayachu, 65, never realised their excessive and arbitrary use of antibiotics could sicken them rather cure their illnesses until they attended a training session that dispelled their misconceptions about what they thought were "panacea" drugs.