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Unemployment hits 9-month high
The unemployment rate in Thailand has reached a nine-month high of about 2% of registered workers, as the country struggles to deal with slow economic growth and more factory shutdowns, according to the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai).The group’s calculation is based ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Small firms may get B45bn job support
The government has planned to introduce an estimated 45.4 billion baht in stimulus to help smaller businesses retain jobs, a planning agency said on Thursday, as the country deals with a prolonged coronavirus outbreak.The government will pay firms a total of 9,000 baht for each ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Wage-hike disaster looms for many companies, FTI warns
Raising the daily minimum wage to 400 baht would have a detrimental impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) says.The 400-baht wage was a Palang Pracharath Party election campaign promise.Keep reading ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Low-income households struggle under rapidly mounting debt
Thai workers have shouldered ever-higher household debt in the past 10 years as their incomes have not been adequate to meet their expenses, according to a survey.Thai workers’ household debt averaged Bt91,064 per household in 2010 and jumped 6 per cent per year to Bt158,856 ...
The Nation Reporter
Most Thai workers are happy at their jobs: Nida Poll
Most Thai workers say they are generally happy at their jobs, but many want the new government to increase the minimum wage to match the cost of living and provide better medical benefits, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Institution, ...
Bangkok Post Reporter