The Permanent Secretary of Labour commenced the Master Manager for Happy Workplace training program from the project on “creating a model well-being organization to improve workers’ quality of life sustainably”. The training aims to utilize the knowledge, ability and experience received from the training to design and create action plans to drive the well-being of the organization and for happy employees and a happy workplace.
On July 8, 2020, at 09.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol chaired the commencement of the Master Manager for Happy Workplace training program from the project on “creating a model well-being organization to improve workers’ quality of life sustainably”. The training took place at the S Ratchada Hotel in Huai Khwang District, Bangkok. He said that the training was a great opportunity for participants to attend this training from the healthy organization model project, which aims to improve employees’ quality of life towards sustainability. It is a project that supports the Ministry of Labour’s mission in caring for its personnel’s’ quality of life, and that of its service users. In addition, it has created a model organization to improve the quality of life of workers to promote model for organizations in the private sector, which are Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the creation of Decent Work and good health. This is an issue that the government has pushed for within the UN forum, which is to hold people as the center of participatory development, following the principles of the sufficiency economy. Therefore, current global development trends cannot neglect workers’ quality of life under the context of Decent Work, which is work that ensures workers’ have good working conditions, are happy and satisfied with their work; these are considered as workers’ rights in the workplace. This aligns the direction of the draft labour master plan (2017-2020) in the next phase, which is consistent with the 12th National Economic and Social Development Framework and the development and reform according to government policy, which are determined to achieve their vision for labour to have high potential and a good quality of life. The goal reflects that the quality of working life must have balance in both parts, that is a balance between working and personal live (work life balance) that will fulfil happiness among people in the organization, promoting positive well-being and livability.
Mr. Suthi said that the Ministry of Labour would like to thank the Thai Health Promotion Foundation for supporting the budget and the Association of Change Leaders for Labour Development in driving the project to create a model well-being organization to improve the quality of life of workers towards sustainability, and for the organization of the training for the Master Manager for Happy Workplace, conducted for the Ministry of Labour today. He said that the Ministry of Labour is confident that the project will create a model for organizational well-being that promotes the quality of life for working people in every dimension, both in the government and private sectors. This includes the Ministry of Labour’s personnel who oversee the quality of life of workers in the system, informal workers and migrant workers. Participants who were trained today will be a potential organization builder to enhance the happiness of workers and organizations more efficiently, which will make government personnel work happily, have morale and bond with the organization after the training. Mr. Suthi said that he hopes participants will be able to apply knowledge, capabilities and experiences gained from the training to help design the action plan to drive organizational well-being, for the working environment to be pleasant and filled with happy workers.
The training curriculum for the Ministry of Labour is divided into 3 sections for a total of 7 days. The first part which is a 3-day training, is between July 8-10, 2020. The second part, which is a 2-day training is between July 23-24, 2020 and the third phase is a 2-day follow-up from August 27-28, 2020. The training was hosted for 6 departments consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Labour, namely the Office of the Permanent Secretary, the Department of Employment, the Department of Skill Development, the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, the Social Security Office and the Institute for Promotion of Occupational Safety, Health and Working Environment, for a total of 32 participants.
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