| 23 Sep 11 | Hospital, SSO, sued for poor treatment -- Jaroen Markmool paid Bt300,000 for treatment at a private hospital, after her transfer from the first unnamed one, and another Bt140,000 at Chulalongkorn Hospital, both of which treated her well. ( The Nation ) |
| 22 Sep 11 | The gov't should think before it opens its mouth -- The questions that have arisen following the government's announcement that it will raise the cost-of-living allowance for civil servants marks another example of the Yingluck administration not thinking through its policy platform. The Pheu Thai Party made so many promises during the election campaign but is now finding it difficult to actually implement them. ( The Nation ) |
| 22 Sep 11 | SSO mulls small firm loans -- However, the SSO board did not approve the budget because the issue is considered to be a mission of the Labour Ministry's Skill Development Department. SSO secretary-general Pan Wanpinit said the proposed loan scheme would be put forward again for the board's consideration. The scheme aims to help entrepreneurs maintain liquidity. ( The Nation ) |
| 16 Sep 11 | For Migrants on Some Thai Fishing Boats, a Life of Slavery -- Rayong, Thailand. Thousands of men from Burma and Cambodia set sail on Thai fishing boats every day, but many are unwilling seafarers — slaves forced to work in brutal conditions under threat of death. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Sep 11 | Migrant worker registration push ignored -- Many fishery business operators have ignored the government's push for the registration of migrant workers, saying the process is a burden. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 16 Sep 11 | PM quizzed on Bt300 wage -- In his question to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Prasert said the Pheu Thai Party used the word "minimum wage" during the election campaign and later changed it to "income" - as "minimum wage" was net payment for work while "income" could include work payments and other welfare. He wondered when the government would deliver the Bt300 wage. ( The Nation ) |
| 14 Sep 11 | Package drawn up to help SMEs cope with minimum-wage hike -- The package, which includes a tax incentive, applies to SMEs with registered capital of no more than Bt200 million and employing up to 200 workers. ( The Nation ) |
| 13 Sep 11 | Union workers petition PM seeking promised wage hike -- BANGKOK, Sept 12 - Representatives of Bangkok workers on Monday delivered a petition addressed to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Government House seeking the promised Bt300 minimum wage which her Pheu Thai Party pledged during the recent election campaign. ( http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/266019.html ) |
| 13 Sep 11 | Bt300 wage push will hit SSO contributions, govt warns -- The government would subsidise medical treatment to beneficiaries if SSO funds were insufficient, while payment of retirement returns starting in 2014 would not be affected, he said. ( The Nation ) |
| 12 Sep 11 | Thai diplomatic headache in the Middle East -- But Foreign Minister Surapong Tohvichakchaikul decided to pull it out due to some objections within the Cabinet regarding the status of Thai workers remaining in Libya. Nearly 10,000 workers have been evacuated in the past six months and over a hundred or so remain in various work sites in Libya. ( The Nation ) |
| 09 Sep 11 | Workers seek social security guarantee -- The informal laborers' network lamented they suffered greatly and their incomes lowered and blamed the Bt300-daily-income policy for the rising living cost and their jobs being taken by transnational workers whose wages were cheaper. The network planned to demand from Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap the clarity about the Social Security Act section 40 if the government would pay contribution to the fund for them. ( The Nation ) |
| 07 Sep 11 | We'll sue if govt reneges on Bt300 minimum wage promise: unions -- "Failure to honour the election policy is a legal offence under the 2007 law about the election of MPs," Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) chairman Chalee Loysoong said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 06 Sep 11 | We'll sue if govt reneges on Bt300 minimum wage promise: unions -- "Failure to honour the election policy is a legal offence under the 2007 law about the election of MPs," Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) chairman Chalee Loysoong said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 02 Sep 11 | Labour grouups push for wage rise nationwide -- "We hope to see the hike take effect from October," Manas Kosol said yesterday in his capacity as president of the National Congress of Thai Labour. ( The Nation ) |
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