The Labour Minister’s Assistant observed operations at the reporting center at the Social Security Office’s Headquarters in Nonthaburi, urging officers to conduct inspections on a case-by-case basis so that employees whose names are missing can receive benefits as soon as possible.
On May 28, 2020, Assistant to the Labour Minister Dr. Duangrit Benjathukul Chairungrueng and Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat observed the operations of the reporting center at the Social Security Office (Headquarters), Nonthaburi. He said that he had met with insured persons under Article 33 who filed for support, complaints, and appeals from filing for compensation in the event of unemployment due to force majeure. There were still insured persons under Article 33 that were affected by COVID-19, including groups of people who had traveled for themselves and from seeing information from the “Draft Duangrit” Facebook page, who had contacted the center for help, totaling over 1,000 people. From discussions with insured persons, some had not received unemployment compensation from delays in the payment of contributions. Some insured persons had missing names causing the employee to not yet receive the said benefit. Today, he came to investigate the facts and to be aware of the said problem. In this regard, the Social Security Office will expedite the investigation on a case-by-case basis so that employees can receive benefits, following the next steps.
Dr. Duangrit said that the latest data as of May 28, 2020, the Ministry of Labour’s COVID-19 Management Center, Social Security Office, reported that there were 1,367,584 collective requests for unemployment benefits. A total of 23,142 were new requests, combined with 1,265,386 pending payment orders, totaling 7,372.904 million Baht.
