The Labour Minister instructed agencies under the Ministry of Labour in integration with relevant NGOs to monitor progress and support the rights and benefits of Thai fishing workers returning from Somalia successfully. On January 28, 2020, Labour Minister M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul spoke about the progress of helping to monitor the benefits for Thai fishermen returning from Somalia, from the case of 32 Thai fishermen who were adrift while fishing in Somalia and received assistance to return to Thailand in August 2019. The transfer was a cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Labour. The whole crew requested the Ministry of Labour to track unpaid wages from Iranian and Somali employers as they had traveled to work in Iranian waters before traveling to work in fishing in Somali waters, and then they became cast away. M.R. Chatumongol further said that the Ministry of Labour’s Bureau of International Cooperation, the Department of Labour at the Royal Thai Embassy in Abu Dhabi, the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, the Department of Employment and […]
On January 27, 2020, at 10.30 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak visited Mr. Manop Pimsri, aged 41, an insurer under Section 33, suffering from an illness, with inflammation in his middle toe of his left foot. He also met with Ms. Ketkaew Nuanchanot, age 26, an insurer under Section 33, suffering from an illness, with a fever, cough and wheezing, and Mr. Rerngdet Emsim, aged 23, insured under Section 33, with thyroid disease, at Sukhothai Hospital ———————– Division of Public Relations
Assistant to the Labour Minister Mr. Duangrit Benjathukul Chairungrueng visited Surat Thani province to meet insurers with disabilities under Section 40 and gave away two items. On January 14, 2020, Assistant to the Labour Minister Mr. Duangrit Benjathukul Chairungrueng visited Surat Thani province to meet and give words of encouragement to the disabled who are insurers of Section 40 in Surat Thani Province. He met with two insurers. Surat Thani Provincial Labour Officer Ms. Aree Kanthiroth, Surat Thani Social Security Officer Mrs. Marasri Chaisrungsee, and Surat Thani Employment Officer Mrs. Metika Satanusorn together with representatives from agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Surat Thani, also joined the occasion. The committee visited the first insurer, Mr. Theerapol Nasuk, 25, residing at No. 113/33 Soi Samet Riang 10, Moo 6, Makham Tia, Mueang, Surat Thani, a disabled insurer under Section 40 from being shot, causing physical disabilities in the lower body without feeling. He became a person with disabilities on January 1, 2012, and insured under Section 40 on July 26, 2012. Mr. Theerapol selected option 2 to contribute 150 Baht […]
Today (December 26, 2019) at 14.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Assistant to the Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Phattana Phanfak to chair the meeting of the Screening Research Results Committee to Publish in the National Labour Research Center No. 1/2019. The meeting considered the full text for Quarter 2 2020 (January – March 2020). The meeting took place at the Strategy and Planning Division Meeting Room, 13th Floor, Ministry of Labour. +++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations News & photos by Pariyaron Phromsakha Na Sakonnakhon 26 December 2019
On December 26, 2019, at 13.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol chaired the Skill Development Committee Meeting No. 11/2019, which took place at the Pakorn Angsusingha Meeting Room, 10th floor, Department of Skill Development. The meeting requested approval to appoint a sub-committee to send participants to the 13th ASEAN Skill Competition. The meeting also drafted the announcement of the Skill Development Promotion Committee on test methods for the National Skills Assessments, and the issuance of certificates certifying completion of the National Skill Standards Test in industrial occupation, steel arc welding by hand at the level 2 and 3 proficiency. It also discussed the qualifications of assessors, rules, procedures, and conditions for submitting applications, issuance of a certificate of registration Issuance of a substitute for the registration certificate, and the duration of the certificate of registration. ———————————————— Division of Public Relations 26 December 2019
On December 26, 2019, at 08.30 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet met with Kalasin Provincial Governor Mr. Chaithawat Niemsiri to discuss official matters. The meeting took place at the Kalasin Provincial Government Office, 2nd floor. At 10.00 hours, the Advisor to the Labour Minister presided over the commencement of the labour volunteer anti-drug project for 2020, a collaboration with the volunteer’s capacity building project, for integration with the Ministry of Labour in 2020. The occasion took place at the Lam Pao Irrigation and Maintenance Project, Lam Khlong, Mueang, Kalasin. The project aims to raise awareness among companies with less than 10 employees, to become aware of drug problems, and to cooperate in the prevention and solution, building immunity among workers in companies with less than 10 employees. The initiative aims to strengthen labour knowledge that will be useful for volunteer networks in coordinating labour services, resulting in integration between agencies under the Ministry of Labour and volunteer networks. The target group of the operation is 135 sub-district labour volunteers and 15 volunteer supervisors from […]
The Labour Minister showed concern for three Thai workers who died and three who were injured while working at the New Taipei Por in Taiwan. He has instructed labour diplomats to investigate and coordinate with support to the families and workers to ensure they receive compensation following the legal processes. On December 3, 2019, Labour Minister M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul spoke about the case of three Thai workers who died and three who were injured in an accident at work. The workers fell into the sea while moving large cement blocks to the offshore gas collection and storage station at New Taipei Port in Taiwan. The Labour Minister said the Ministry of Labour is concerned about the safety of Thai workers who work abroad. In this case, he has instructed labour diplomats to investigate and coordinate with employers and recruitment companies so that the families and workers receive compensation according to legal processes. According to the Manila Labour Office’s report (Part 2), Taipei found that on December 1, at 16.40 hours, Thai workers at PAN ASIA had an accident at the construction site of the company’s gas […]
Today (December 2, 2019) at 14.30 hours, Labour Minister M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul together with Secretariat to the Labour Minister Lt. Gen. Nanthadet Meksawat, Assistant to the Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Phattana Phanfak and the Department of Skill Development’s Director-General Mr. Tawat Benchatikul, welcomed Mr. Sanjeev Chowdhury, Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Commercial Director at the Embassy of Canada in Thailand and directors from the Canadian software company D2L. The visiting party met to discuss official matters on skills development needed for 21st century workforce and the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Project. The meeting took place at the Saengsingkaew conference room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. +++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations/ News & photos by Pariyaron Phromsakha Na Sakonnakhon/ 2 December 2019
Advisor to the Labour Minister joined a meeting to deliver government policy guidelines to heads of government agencies in Chiang Rai. The guidelines aimed to promote independent product groups to add value, ready to cooperate with the private sector to enhance skills further to ensure workers have careers, income, and good quality of life. On December 2, 2019, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet chaired the meeting to deliver policies to agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Chiang Rai for the 2020 fiscal year. Before the meeting, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak planted a yellow star tree, then visited and observed the work of staff members under the Ministry of Labour in Chiang Rai, including the Office of Labour Protection and Welfare, the Provincial Social Security Office, the Provincial Employment Office and the Provincial Labour Office at the Chiang Rai Government Center Building, Mueang Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai. The Department of Employment’s Deputy Director-General Mrs. Theinrat Nawamawat, together with the ministry’s senior executives, also participated in this event. Chiang Rai Provincial Labour Officer Mr. Chalermpol Niamsakul gave a report, whereby heads of government agencies and officials under […]
Assistant to the Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Phattana Phanfak participated in parallel activities of the third EU-ASEAN Forum on Human Rights, which took place on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. She represented the Chair of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW). Key activities included: 1. Consultations between the EU-ASEAN and the people sector, with the essence of exchanging operational procedures to promote human rights and submitting recommendations from the people sector to the EU-ASEAN to develop operations on issues related to the elimination of violence and discrimination against LGBTI and foreign workers. IT also included promoting the role of the education sector in supporting schools that are safe and free from violence, promoting transparency in human rights operations and increasing the people sector’s participation. 2. Meeting with the European Working Group on Human Rights, which essence of exchanging the development of human rights operations between the European Union and ASEAN, as well as seeking cooperation in the future to drive human rights operations. […]
On November 26, 2019, at 15.00 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet visited Lam Phaya, Mueang Yala, Yala, to meet with social security insurers under Article 40. He also gave out gifts to boost the morale of families affected by the unrest in the area. On this occasion, Advisor to the Labour Minister also observed the demonstration of the production of preserved flowers from the elderly community in the said district too. DOWNLOAD IMAGES ——————————— Division of Public Relations
On November 26, 2019, at 09.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Assistant to the Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Niyom Songkaew chaired the Ministry of Labour’s Public Relations Working Committee Meeting No. 1/2019. The meeting considered the ministry’s guidelines for public relations and preparation for a press conference on the Ministry of Labour’s New Year’s for 2020. The meeting took place at the Prasong Rananant Meeting Room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. DOWNLOAD IMAGES ————————————– Division of Public Relations
On November 26, 2019, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet chaired the workshop on the Ministry of Labour’s delivery of policies in Yala, for the 2020 budget year. The meeting took place at the at the Pimada room, Parkview Yala Hotel, Sateng, Mueang Yala, Yala. Heads of 5 agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Yala, labour graduates and Yala provincial labour volunteers joined the meeting. The meeting delivered the Ministry of Labour’s policies, listened to suggestions for directions and exchanged useful information from all relevant departments to adapt as working plans to promote effectiveness and care for the people in the area to continue living happily. Download Images +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations/ 26 November 2019
