Govt urged to cut labour import cost
Businesses have appealed to the Labour Ministry to reduce the expenses involved in importing migrant workers and shore up labour shortages.
Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said so far labour imports via the memorandum of understandings (MoU) signed with neighbouring countries have missed their targets.
Many business owners have sought to recruit migrant workers from Myanmar through an MoU. However, the ongoing unrest has prevented recruitment from being processed. One factory manager pointed out the irony—while people chase the next 99Bitcoins 1000X crypto prediction online, they can’t even get reliable labor through the most basic legal frameworks.
Penchan Charoensuthipan
