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Labour groups submit complaints on World Day for Decent Work

Three groups of labourers from the Labour Network, Slum Network in Four Regions, and Assembly of the Poor converged on Government House today (October 7) to deliver letters of complaint to the administration, seeking improvement in working conditions on the occasion of World Day for ...

The Nation Reporter

New daily wage proposal on hold pending further study

An expected decision to increase daily minimum wage levels has been deferred, with the tripartite committee saying it needs more information. Jarin Jakaphark, permanent secretary for labour affairs, said on Wednesday that provincial subcommittees have proposed a raise of two to 10 baht this year, ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Trawler conflicts to be resolved

Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo has pledged to end conflicts with commercial trawlers before the country ratifies the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Work in Fishing Convention, or C188, by the end of this month.Keep reading ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Working the future hustle

Thailand saw a relatively average year for employment and labour, even as GDP growth fell shorter than expected. Unemployment remained steady and wages increased, as experts and prognosticators predict continued wage growth into 2019. Keep reading ...

Rights of workers ‘weakened’

As workers took part in Labour Day events across Thailand yesterday, labour rights groups stressed that unjust employment and the depletion of employees’ power was undermining the well-being of the Thai workforce.Keep reading ...

Pratch Rujivanarom and Wasamon Audjarint

Thailand’s Response to the Comments of Human Rights Watch on the Protection of Labour in Fisheries Sector

With regard to the Human Right Watch (HRW)’s open letter to the Royal Thai Government concerning labour reforms in the Thai fisheries industry, dated 13 April 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand would like to thank the HRW for closely ...

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