On June 18, 2021, at 09.30 hours, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour, Ms. Aumpun Thuwawit, as the President of the Housewives Association, chaired the Extraordinary General Meeting No. 1/2021 for the Housewives Association through video conference. The meeting considered the gracious donations from the sale of the “lucky labour tickets” at the Thai Red Cross Society for 2020 to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Vice President, Thai Red Cross Society. It also considered registrations of the change of directors of the Ministry of Labour’s Housewives Association. The meeting took place at the Prasong Rananant Conference Room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. ————————- Division of Public Relations
Today (June 9, 2021) at 13.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Niyom Songkaew chaired the 21st Wage Committee Meeting No. 5/2021. Relevant agencies attended the meeting via the ZOOM application at the Prasong Rananant meeting room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. The meeting considered the appointment of the provincial minimum wage subcommittee. ++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 9 May 2021
On June 8, 2021, at 09.30 hours, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour as President of the Housewives Association, Ms. Aumpun Thuwawit, chaired the Executive Committee Meeting of the Ministry of Labour’s Housewives Association No. 3/2021. The meeting notified for acknowledgment of the progress of bank deposits in the Ministry of Labour’s Red Cross account and considered organizing the Extraordinary General Meeting No. 1/2021. The meeting took place at the Mitmaitri Conference Room 2, 5th floor, Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 8 June 2021
The Labour Minister’s Advisor visited and gave words of encouragement to people donating blood at the “Workers Unite to Donate Blood; One Donor, Many Recipients” event No. 2/2021. She emphasized that the participants are sacrificial and do good deeds to repay the land with their hearts. On June 4, 2021, at 12.30 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan and Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Ms. Aumphun Thuwawit as Deputy President of the Ministry of Labour’s Housewives Association, encouraged blood donors in the “Workers Unite to Donate Blood; One Donor, Many Recipients” event No. 2/2021, encouraging the blood donors to donate blood regularly every three months, to ensure sufficient blood donations for patients across the country. This is the second blood donation activity in 2021, with 60 people interested in participating. The Ministry of Labour, together with its Housewives Association and the National Blood Service Center, the Thai Red Cross Society, hosted the event at the Jompol P. Pibulsongkram Conference Room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. ++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 4 June 2021
Today (June 2, 2021) at 09.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Niyom Songkaew chaired Labour Welfare Committee Meeting No. 6/2021, which took place online. Relevant agencies joined the meeting at the Prof. Nikom Chandravithu meeting room, 5th floor, Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour. The meeting considered the petition under Section 120 from J.S.P. Property Public Company Limited, with 13 relevant employees, and the petition under Section 120 from J.S. P. Property Management Co., Ltd., with one relevant employee. ++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 2 May 2021
On May 28, 2021, at 09.00 hours, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin chaired the ceremony to plant golden teak trees. Deputy Labour Minister Prof. Narumon Pinyosinwat and Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol planted black rosewood trees alongside him. The Ministry of Labour’s executives also joined the occasion of National Tree Day 2021. The event was supported with trees from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and took place at the Thao Mahaprom Thewarit Shrine, Ministry of Labour. ———————————————— Division of Public Relations 28 May 2021
On May 25, 2021, at 09.30 hours, the Labour Minister’s Secretariat, Mr. Suthep Chitayawong, chaired the Ministry of Labour’s annual budget meeting for 2021. Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Ms. Amphan Tuwwit also joined the meeting at the Mitmaitree 2 meeting room, 5th floor, Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour. ————————- Division of Public Relations
วัOn May 21, 2021, at 13.30 hours, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Niyom Songkaew presided over the executive committee meeting to expedite the budget expenditure for 2021. The meeting followed up on the budget expenditures for 2021 and considered budget allocation from the production reserve budget. The meeting took place at the Prasong Rananant meeting room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. ———————————- Division of Public Relations
Today (May 20, 2021) at 13.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Niyom Songkaew chaired the Ministry of Labour’s Legislation Drafting Committee Meeting No. 16/2021. Departments under the Ministry of Labour attended the meeting at the Prasong Rananant meeting room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. The meeting considered the draft Royal Decree on the rate of contributions for persons applying to be insured persons, B.E…… and the draft Ministerial Regulation prescribing the rate of government contributions paid to the social security fund for individuals applying to be insured persons, B.E… +++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 20 May 2021
Today (May 14, 2021) at 13.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol chaired the State Enterprise Labour Relations Committee Meeting No. 2/2021. Relevant departments attended the meeting at the Prof. Nikom Chandravithu meeting room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. The meeting considered the Port Authority of Thailand’s request to expand the maximum salary ceiling for Thailand Post Co., Ltd., the request for approval to pay rewards to employees from the Expressway Authority of Thailand, and to improve the employment conditions in relations to medical expenses for room and meal expenses, and the Transport Co., Ltd., requested approval on the welfare of employees’ parents’ medical expenses. +++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 14 May 2021
Today (May 14, 2021) at 09.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Niyom Songkaew chaired the Ministry of Labour’s Computer System Management and Procurement Committee meeting no. 4/2021. Relevant agencies under the Ministry of Labour joined the meeting online, via the Zoom teleconference system at the Sangsingkeaw meeting room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. The meeting considered the project to procure a server computer with equipment to increase the efficiency of the Social Security Office’s information system. ++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 14 May 2021
On May 12, 2021, at 13.30 hours, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Niyom Songkaew chaired the 21st Wage Committee Meeting No. 4/2021 through the ZOOM Application system at the Prasong Rananant meeting room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. The meeting appointed a subcommittee to consider the provincial minimum wage rate and guidelines for appointing a Provincial Minimum Wage Subcommittee in the 21st Wage Subcommittee. ———————————————— Division of Public Relations 12 May 2021
Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin received requests for the National Labour Day to be presented to the Prime Minister to help the workforce and improve workers’ quality of life to ensure protection and safety at work, with social security. On April 30, 2021, at 13.00 hours, at the Chatumongkol meeting room, 6th floor, Ministry of Labour, the Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin, Advisor to the Labour Minister Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol, and the Ministry of Labour’s executives received requests for the National Labour Day 2021, from Mr. Sawit Kaewwan, Secretary-General of the State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation and Mr. Charlie Loisung, Advisor to the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee. The request, including 12 items, will be presented to the government, together with ten urgent proposals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin said that for National Labour Day on May 1, it is customary for labour leaders to request government action in supporting the workforce. The government, under the leadership of Prime Minister and Defense Minister General Prayuth Chanocha and Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit […]
Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan delivered the employee welfare. The Ministry of Labour approved the Employee Welfare Fund of 21.4 million Baht to alleviate troubles among employees from Brilliant Alliance Thai Global Co., Ltd., in Samut Prakan, which laid off employees without compensation from the employer. On April 28, 2021, at 11.00 hours, at the meeting room on the 5th floor, Ministry of Labour, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan presided over the delivery of the employee welfare of 21,465,350 Baht to alleviate the suffering of 1,161 employees from Brilliant Alliance Co., Ltd., in Samut Prakan, where the employer had terminated employment without compensation. Six delegates accepted the funds. Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin, Deputy Labour Minister Prof. Narumon Pinyosinwat, Assistant to the Labour Minister Mr. Surachai Chaitrakulthong, Advisor to the Labour Minister Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan, Advisor to the Deputy Labour Minister M.L. M.L. Puntrik Smiti, the Labour Minister’s Secretariat Mr. Suthep Chitayavong, Major General Nantachat Supamongkol from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol and the Ministry of Labour’s executives also joined the […]
On April 28, 2021, at 13.30 hours, at the Tien Achakul Meeting Room, 10th floor, Department of Employment, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin presided over the Subcommittee Meeting to Investigate Foreign Workers Amid the Covid-19 Situation No. 1/2021. Assistant to the Labour Minister Mr. Surachai Chaitrakulthong, Advisory Board Member to the Labour Minister Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat, the Labour Minister’s Secretariat Mr. Suthep Chitayavong, Major General Nantachat Supamongkol from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol, the Ministry of Labour’s executives and representatives from the Royal Thai Police and Immigration Office also attended this meeting. Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin revealed that Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, who oversees the Ministry of Labour, gives importance to the management of foreign workers in Thailand. He emphasized the surveillance, investigation, and Covid-19 screening in all establishments to work together to prevent the spread of Covid-19. “Today’s meeting considered and passed a resolution approving the appointment of six groups for the monitoring and inspection of foreign workers, to inspect, arrest, and prosecute […]
On April 22, 2021, at 09.30 hours, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol as a representative of the International Economic Policy Committee Meeting No. 3/2021 together with the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare’s Director-General Mr. Apinya Sucharitanan, as a subcommittee and secretary to the subcommittee to drive the implementation of the Cabinet Resolution on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on labour. The meeting was in a video conference format and considered the performance of the International Economic Policy Committee, following the Cabinet Resolution on January 26, 2021, and the resolution to conduct an in-depth study over 50 days on various issues that cannot be performed. This includes benefits, effects, and remedies, ensuring caution and publicizing and listening to opinions from stakeholders about Thailand joining the CPTPP. The meeting further informed the preliminary law development committee to acknowledge any laws that need to be resolved urgently. It also scheduled the International Economic Policy Committee Meeting No. 4/2021 before reporting the results to the Cabinet. The CPTPP is a comprehensive free trade agreement in trade, services, and investment […]
