On September 2, 2018, Mrs. Petcharat Sinauy, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour as a spokesperson for the Ministry of Labor revealed the case of labor leaders commenting on Thailand 4.0 policy that many unemployed workers are unemployed. The Ministry of Labour and confirm that Thailand policy 4.0 does not result in many workers being unemployed as reported and current government. The Ministry of Labor and related agencies have prepared measures to support such policies in cases where scholars are afraid that the technology will be replaced, it will affect the workforce. In this regard, the Ministry of Labor confirmed that technology adoption will not affect the labor force. At the same time, if there is a real impact, the Ministry of Labor has already supported it.
Mrs. Petcharat added that the current government Thailand has set a policy vision to develop the country into Thailand 4.0 in order to transform the traditional economy into an innovation-driven economy. In terms of labor, it will shift from low-skilled workers to highly skilled workers. In the preparation of labor force during this transition. The Ministry of Labor will open a labor management center in the Eastern Special Economic Zone (EEC) to develop labor in line with the needs of operators in the EEC area, thereby reducing the shortage of labor in the EEC area and alleviating a labor shortage in other areas.
In the promotion of employment, The Ministry of Labor has set up a Job Ready Center to manage the labor force based on the knowledge, skills, skills of the labor force. The first five S-Curves are: modern vehicles, intelligent electronics, tourism for good income and agro-tourism, agriculture and biotechnology, food processing, etc., and five new industries (New S-Curves) are industrial robots, airlines and logistics, biofuels and bio-chemicals, services, and integrated medicine, which the government has promoted a special development zone east EEC, required a lot of labor. It also provides job vacancies around the country, supporting over 30,000 jobseekers for unemployed or displaced people, promoting home-based work, promoting self-employment.
Ministry of Labour by The Department of Skill Development also has a Re -skill training program to accommodate new jobs and change work skills to other types of workforce that require a lot of labor including skill training to many skills (Multi-Skill) to work in multiple positions to encourage employers to improve the skills of their employees in the workplace so they can change positions within their own workplace. Employers will enjoy the benefits under the Skill Development Act, 2014.
In addition, the Ministry of Labor. It also integrates with relevant government agencies such as: Ministry of Education, employers, enterprises, labor market, private sector, and civil society to accommodate the needs of the labor market, to support the establishment, to support the expansion of future needs such as: engineering, IT, accounting and finance, medical, independent business, design, and alternative occupations.
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