Today (18 May 2018) Mrs. Petcharat Sinauy, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labor as a spokesperson for the Ministry of Labor revealed case the results of research on the rights of fishermen and unsustainable fisheries have been published.
This is a result of research conducted by the local fishery network with the civil society labor organization. 1) Ask the government to check the working hours more clearly and comprehensively. 2) Most workers are seized by the employer. 3) Ask the government and the private sector to jointly prohibit the collection of fees. Migrant workers Improve communication channels with workers. Establishment of Welfare Center 4) There are currently trawl fishing and trawl nets. 5) Ask the government to manage the marine resources. It also states that tackling illegal fisheries or IUUs is not practical.
Mrs. Petcharat further commented that the ministry thanked the local fishery network with the civil society organization for labor, which closely monitored the situation in the fisheries sector in Thailand. However, the Ministry of Labor The Department of Labor Protection and Welfare is not calm. We continue to improve our operations to increase the effectiveness of enforcement measures, fisheries workers are fully protected under the law. Progress has been made in the following order: Labor Inspection If the labor inspector finds that there is an incorrect stay And violate the order of labor inspectors within the time required by law. Since March 11, 2018, the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare has cooperated with the Royal Thai Police and related agencies to set up a special marine detector team to increase efficiency enforce the law intensively.
For the follow-up of the action, the Labor Inspectorate (PIPO) in the 22 coastal provinces was required to inspect all fishing vessels entering and leaving the port. In May 2018, 21 cases of delinquency had been committed. The law was passed to the employer. The main problem is communication language. The Ministry of Labor has hired staff to communicate in a consistent and appropriate way. As well as raising awareness. The information, regulations and measures to protect the rights of workers. The Department of Employment has opened a channel for complaint complaints such as hotline. The Department of Employment, 1694 call and the system to notify the problem of foreign workers / Thai workers named DOE Help Me www.doe.go.th/helpme . Workers can choose from 6 languages: Thai, English, Khmer, Lao, Burmese and Vietnamese to allow migrant workers in the fishing sector to have knowledge and understanding about the legal rights of labor protection. It is distributed through various channels in the language of migrant workers. At the same time, training courses have been organized to educate fishery operators and related agencies. In the case of the commission of migrant workers The law has already defined that. All expenses and expenses of foreigners are forbidden to work in Thailand legally.
“The Ministry of Labor emphasizes that Resolving fishing labor problems will continue. It will improve the mechanisms for the most effective protection of migrants’ rights and in line with human rights principles,” Mrs.Petcharat said in the end.
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