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Ministry of Labour announces results of purge of migrant workers snatching Thai jobs in fiscal year 2023

More than 200,000 cases were examined and 1,550 offenders were found, 883 of which were offenders who snatched 883 positions in Thai professions.

Bangkok Post · Mar 28, 2023

Ministry of Labour and Phra Ratchawang Municipal Police Station inspect illegal alien workers

With the aim of strengthening national security and economy, Minister of Labour Mr. Suchart Chomklin on 24 February 2023 ordered the Department of Employment (DOE) to visit Pak Khlong Talad (Flower Market) to inspect illegal alien workers vying for Thai workers’ jobs.

Bangkok Post · Mar 6, 2023

Hearing due on Social Security Fund payments

The Ministry of Labour plans to organise a formal public hearing on Feb 28 about its new regulation concerning a plan to lift the salary ceiling used in calculating the monthly contribution by salaried employees to the Social Security Fund (SSF).

Bangkok Post · Feb 10, 2023

Part-time jobs for students to help solve Phuket labour shortage

The Ministry of Labour is arranging part-time jobs for students among its proposals to solve the current labour shortage in the tourism sector in Phuket.

Bangkok Post · Dec 13, 2022

Qatar's death row and the invisible migrant workforce deemed unworthy of due process

Qatari authorities are ignoring international law by failing to inform embassies when their citizens are arrested, detained or are pending trial for a death sentence.

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2022

Daily minimum wage to rise by 5% from Oct 1

Thailand’s daily minimum wage, frozen since January 2020, is set to rise by an average of 5% from Oct 1 to help workers cope with inflation that is near a 14-year high.

Bangkok Post · Aug 26, 2022

Minimum wage rises of 5-8% tipped

A new hike in minimum daily wages of between 5% and 8% is expected in September, since the rates have remained unchanged for over two years, according to the Ministry of Labour and an association of employers.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27, 2022

Sacked JSL Global Media staff get another B1.3m

The Ministry of Labour has agreed to provide 1.3 million baht in financial aid to JSL Global Media Co workers who were abruptly laid off without fair compensation, while the company was ordered to pay 28 million baht to its employees.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27, 2022

The hidden Doha: Inside the ‘Industrial Area’ where thousands of workers live in Qatar

It is one of the most important areas in Doha but rarely seen by the outside world. Just six months before the World Cup, Quentin Muller reports from Qatar’s Industrial Area

The Independent UK · May 31, 2022

How to beat Brexit and get a summer holiday job in Spain

An estimated 25,000 young people from the UK worked in temporary jobs overseas pre-Brexit but that number has slumped causing staffing shortages

Wales Online · May 31, 2022