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“Gen. Adul” repeated! Employers employ foreigners without work permits … illegal.

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          H.E. Police General Adul Sangsingkeo said that the Ministry of Labor has integrated the suppression of illegal migrant workers 113 teams of staff were organized, including: Department of Employment, Police, and Security Departments in areas where inspections, suppression, arrest and prosecution of employers / businesses and illegal migrants were conducted. After the close of the OSS, it is recommended that employers still work with their own workers without a work permit or work permit. The right to be promptly returned to the country. Do not hire any more because of the offense under the Aliens Management Act, BE 2560 and amended, must be prosecuted and fined. 10,000-100,000 Baht per one alien who hired one. If repeated offenses are punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine ranging from 50,000 to 200,000 Baht or both. At the same time, foreign workers will be guilty and fined 5,000 – 50,000 baht, and when the fine is paid, the alien will be sent outside the Kingdom and do not ask for a work permit within 2 years from the date of the penalty. However, if the employer is required to hire foreign workers, they must be legally employed and work permit issued by the Department of Employment. Only 3 migrant workers: Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, can work under the MOU.
          Mr. Anurak Tossarat, Director-General of the Department of Employment, said that 113 operating outfits had already inspected 1,248 employers / businesses, arrested 115 cases, while inspecting foreign workers 24,943 people arrested 641 people, most of them were Myanmar 347, Cambodian 187, Laos 55, Vietnamese 34, and 18 others. If a foreign worker is found to be unlawful or found guilty of an offense related to the work of a foreigner, he or she can file a complaint or complaint at the Central Employment Registry and seek job seekers tel. 0 2354 1729, Bangkok Employment Office, Area 1-10, Provincial Employment Office, or call on the Ministry of Labor 1506 Press 2 Department of Employment.

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