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Jobless numbers decline, says NSO
Thailand’s labour market improved in the first quarter, with the number of unemployed people dropping to 420,000, according to the National Statistical Office (NSO).NSO director-general Piyanuch Wuttisorn said the NSO compiles labour force statistics every three months to examine employment levels among the population.In the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
A crisis for workers
Venue closure, curfew and state policies enforced to contain the spread of Covid-19 are affecting the labour force severely. Workers experience the impact in different magnitudes, with some getting less pay and seeing their working hours reduced. Others manage to work from home. Some lose ...
Melalin Mahavongtrakul
NESDB urges childbirth incentives
The state planning unit, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), has proposed the government come up with additional measures to increase the fertility rate in the country, in part to refill the labour force. Keep reading ...
Chatrudee Theparat
