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Service centres for migrants to re-open
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/04/2018
» The Labour Ministry's one-stop service (OSS) centres will resume services nationwide next Monday in a bid to legalise migrant labourers who had registered online by last month.
Foreign jobs see Thais packing their bags for a better future
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/04/2018
» Getting a job abroad and earning higher wages is a dream for many Thais as they watch their neighbours build homes and fund children's education with money sent from overseas.
Revise minimum pension rate, say labour groups
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/04/2018
» Labour organisations are expected to seek an amendment to the 1998 Labour Protection Act which sets the minimum monthly pension rate paid to retired workers at 5,000 baht, the Labour Ministry said yesterday.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).