On May 28, 2020, at 09.00 hours, Labour Minister M.R. Chatu Mongol Sonakul attended the meeting on the case of Mr. Charlie Loisung, Vice Chairman of the Thai Workers Reconciliation Committee and the employees of Wingspan Services Company Limited who were temporarily suspended due to force majeure. The visiting party met to discuss measures to assist employers, employees, and insured persons affected by the COVID-19 virus pandemic and to clarify the layoff situation which will lead to the problem-solving process and prevention of using the opportunity to terminate employees. Secretariat to the Labour Minister Lt. Gen. Nanthadet Meksawat and Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol joined the welcoming at the Labour Relations Meeting Room, 1st floor, Ministry of Labour. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 28 May 2020
On May 26, 2020, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat as the Ministry of Labour’s spokesperson observed the progress of “The COVID-19 Resistant Farm Project Model” at the Farm Project Model initiated by Her Majesty Queen Sirikit in Ratchaburi Province, Tanaosri, Suan Phueng, Ratchaburi. She said that the Ministry of Labour has a sense of divine grace for His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen in providing an area on the model farm following the initiative of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. The project has resulted in employment in the area, which is an urgent employment activity. As a result of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, many businesses have closed and employees terminated, causing workers to face unemployment, a lack of income, and returning to their hometowns. The Ministry of Labour and related agencies, in cooperation with the Royal Thai Volunteer Center have implemented a project to resolve vocational issues in 2020 under urgent employment activities called “The COVID-19 Resistant Farm Project Model”. The objective is to support occupations, employment, and income for workers affected by COVID-19. It is a source of local employment for people to earn […]
The Ministry of Labour together with the Royal Thai Volunteer Center implemented the project to resolve vocational issues by 2020, including the urgent employment activity “The COVID-19 Resistant Farm Project Model”. The initiative aims to provide people who have become unemployed from the COVID-19 effects and drought situations, to have jobs and income. On May 19, 2020, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat as the Ministry of Labour’s spokesperson observed the progress of the COVID-19 Resistant Sample Farm Project Model at the Farm Project Model initiated by Her Majesty Queen Sirikit in Sing Buri Province, Moo 1 and 2, Tha Kham and Moo 3, Wihan Khao, Khai Bang Rachan, Sing Buri. She said that the COVID-19 pandemic that has spread in Thailand and around the world, coupled with the drought crisis, has impacted the economic recession. It has led to people having difficulties in their careers, with businesses shutdowns and layoffs, which directly affect employment, causing people, including the younger generation, workers and employees to face unemployment, a lack of income, and the need to return home. Mrs. Theanrat said that the Ministry of Labour, together with […]
The Labour Minister reported the operations in paying unemployment benefits from force majeure. Close to 1 million insured persons have applied for the benefits. Approvals have been granted for 490,000 people already, totaling 2.5 billion Baht in payments. The Ministry of Labour will work with employers to certify the termination or suspension of employees within May 8, 2020, to complete payments for the first batch of employees by May 15, 2020. Labour Minister M.R. Chatu Mongol Sonakul disclosed to the media about the operations in paying unemployment benefits due to force majeure, in the event that insured employees are not working or the employer has not allowed them to work due to close contact to persons infected with COVID-19. Circumstances also include employers stopping business operations on their own, or according to government orders, impacting insured persons whereby they do not receive wages. Benefits that the insured employees receive are unemployment benefits of 62 percent of the daily wage, for no longer than 90 days. From observing areas completing payments of unemployment benefits due to […]
On April 28, 2020, at 13.30 hours, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Ms. Aumpun Thuvavit chaired a meeting of the Ministry of Labour’s Special Consideration Committee for Drug Practitioners No. 1/2020. The meeting took place at the Strategy and Planning Division meeting room, 13th floor, Office of the Permanent Secretary of Labour. The meeting considered guidelines for the allocation of special pension privileges to drug practitioners for the year 2019. ———————————————— Division of Public Relations 28 April 2020
From monitoring the situation on payments of requested unemployment benefits in the event of force majeure with the Social Security Office, the key issues identified were the insufficient number of staff. Labour Minister M.R. Chatu Mongol Sonakul instructed the Social Security Office’s Secretariat Mr. Todsaphon Kritwongwiman to assess the problem and therefore issued the Ministry of Labour’s urgent order 219/2020, dated April 27, 2020, to “appoint officers under the Social Security Act B.E. 2020”. The order aims to appoint civil servants from the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare both in the central region, provincial areas, and Bangkok, as officials to have authority and duties concerning data verification if an employer temporarily suspends parts or the whole business. The officials will certify the inspection results and report back to the Social Security Office to facilitate the employer and insured persons. It is speculated that from issuing this order, there will be an increase in the number of diagnostic staff by more than 1,200 people, which enable quicker payments to those who are eligible. The Social Security Office’s Secretariat Mr. Todsaphon Kritwongwiman revealed that the […]
The Ministry of Labour joined forces with the Thai Red Cross, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health in visiting Nakhon Pathom to raise awareness among foreign workers on how to protect themselves from the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The visiting committee met with the Provincial Governor, the Provincial Red Cross President, and heads of government to establish cooperation measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus among foreign workers in the area. On April 24, 2020, at 10.00 hours, Assistant to the Labour Minister Dr. Duangrit Benjathukul Chairungrueng, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat, Deputy Director of the Relief and Community Health Bureau, Thai Red Cross, Mr. Pichit Siriwan, M.D. and the Ministry of Labour’s executives visited Nakhon Pathom to meet foreign workers at Ban Tha Talat community, Sri Sam Phran Market and Yai Cha community, Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom Province. The Labour Minister’s Assistant and the group met with Nakhon Pathom Provincial Governor Mr. Charnna Iamsang, the Provincial Red Cross President and heads of government, to listen to preventive actions of the COVID-19 virus spread among foreign workers in Nakhon Pathom. The meeting […]
Assistant to the Labour Minister Go visited Isetan to provide support after business operations will stop, due to the expiration of the building lease agreement. He emphasized that organizations, employees, and employers are cared for and protected in all dimensions. On March 16, 2020, at 15.00 hours, Labour Minister M.R. Chatu Mongol Sonakul assigned Assistant to the Labour Minister Dr. Duangrit Benjathukul Chairungrueng met with Mr. Seiji Aoyama, Chairman of the Board for Isetan Thailand Department Store. The meeting discussed assistance for organizations, employees and employers after ending business operations, due to the expiration of the lease agreement between Isetan (Thailand) Company Limited and Central Pattana Public Company Limited. The meeting took place at Central World Shopping Center on August 31, 2020 onwards. Dr. Duangrit said that the Ministry of Labour is fully prepared to take care of the organizations, employees and employers of Isetan, such as job placement, both in and out of the system, including part-time work and taking work back to do at home. For employees who want to continue working, the […]
On March 4, 2020, at 09.30 hours, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Ms. Aumpun Thuvavit chaired the meeting of the Ministry of Labour’s Public Relations Committee 2/2020. The meeting considered the public relations of the 28th National Skill Competition at the Samut Prakan Skill Development Institute 1, and the integration of agencies under the Ministry of Labour to create a social security journal. The meeting also reported matters for acknowledgment on the appointment of advisors and the Ministry of Labour’s public relations committee, coordination, and correction of fake news that affects the safety and property of the people of the anti-fake news center and creating a national public relations action plan at the department level, following the public relations action plan for 2020. ————————- Division of Public Relations
On February 28, 2020, at 14.30 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet visited to give words of encouragement and gifts to 3 insured persons, namely Mrs. Wannapa Sarasangsang, admitted for surgery on a gallbladder stone, Ms. Piyada Wattanalertroj admitted for childbirth/sterilization and Ms. Krisara Namboonsue, admitted for childbirth. The Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Ms. Pailin Chindamaneeporn joined the visit, whereby Roi Et Social Security Officer Mr. Rewat Phiphatwongcharoen also visited the insurers at Roi Et Hospital, Muang, Roi Et. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 28 February 2020
On February 26, 2020, at 09.00 hours, the Ministry of Labour’s Inspector-General Mr. Pairoj Chotiksetian visited the Labour Inspection Area in Mueang Pattani, together with the head of government and officials under the Ministry of Labour. Pattani District Chief Mr. Adul Beardensen welcomed the visiting committee and listened to the report of the work by labour graduates. At 09.45 hours, the Ministry of Labour’s Inspector-General Mr. Pairoj Chotiksetian and the Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Ms. Sumnatha Praisuwanna, along with the head of government and officials under the Ministry of Labour, visited the Port-In Port-Out (PIPO) Command Center in Pattani. Deputy Director of the MECC in Pattani, Captain Teeranant Madaeng gave a welcoming and listened to the performance report from Head of the PIPO Command Center in Pattani, Mr. Furgon Hardha. The Inspector-General also gave words of encouragement to staff. At 11.00 hours, the Ministry of Labour’s Inspector-General Mr. Pairoj Chotiksetian presided over the opening ceremony of the occupational alleviation project for 2020, for a group of construction professionals in a masonry course at Tadika Ban Phru Wang School, Tha Ruea, Khok Pho, Pattani. The District Chief of Khok Pho, […]
On February 27, 2020, the Ministry of Labour’s Chief Inspector-General Mr. Suwan Duangta and the Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Ms. Kettharin Chaisri visited the area to observe the occupational alleviation project and urgent employment activities in village weir repair and renovations with concrete, and then visited the Ban Hai volcanic clay dye community enterprise, Moo 6, Tum, Si Rattana, Sisaket, which was selected as a model for informal workers in Sisaket province. It has plans to support groups in dyeing, marketing, creating social security, and occupational health and safety. The Inspector-General’s committee recommended integrations with external agencies such as provincial commerce, etc. and established as a provincial order in a working group to design, develop products, add value, and have marketing channels on the website (e-Commerce) to further expand careers towards sustainability. In the afternoon, they attended meetings with the heads of departments under the Ministry of Labour in Sisaket Province, at the conference room of the Office of Skill Development. The meeting was the second session of the progress review according to the inspection plan of the Ministry of […]
Today (February 28, 2020) at 09.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Deputy Permanent Secret of Labour Ms. Amphan Tuwwit, chaired the second Employee Welfare Fund Committee Meeting 2020 at the Labour Relations Committee’s meeting room, Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour. The meeting considered 1) The demands of the Confederation of Thai Labour. 2) Meeting and selection among the employer and employee representatives to be appointed as an associate judge in the Central Labour Court. 3) Consideration of disposing debt from accounts as bad debts from the Employee Welfare Fund. 4) Consideration of payment of employee benefits in cases other than compensation. 5) Consideration (draft) announcement of the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare regarding rules and procedures in receiving and payment of money from the Employee Welfare Fund through electronic methods. +++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations News & photos by Pariyaron Phromsakha Na Sakonnakhon 28 February 2020
On February 28, 2020, at 10.00 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet presided over the opening ceremony of the workshop on capacity building for labour volunteers to integrate with the mission of the Ministry of Labour. The workshop aims to promote the prevention and resolution of drug issues in Roi Et for 2020 and took place at the Praduen room, Petcharat Garden Hotel, Nuea Mueang, Mueang Roi Et, Roi Et. Deputy Provincial Governor of Roi Et Mr. Tavee Jongprasert gave a welcome speech and Labour Academic Export Ms. Achaniya Mai, acting Labour Officer for Roi Et gave a report. The Labour Minister’s Advisor said that labour volunteers are essential players in the operations in all areas, whether it is public health, community development, disaster prevention, and mitigation, protecting the environment, security, justice, or labour. Each department will appoint volunteers to help with all operations. It can be considered that volunteers are people with great sacrifice, as volunteers are people who sacrifice their time that should be spent as a career or time from their personal and family lives. They are […]
On February 28, 2020, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Thienrat Nawamawat gave a live interview on “Clear-Cut, Chudjane” program on NBT. The interview was about renewing foreigner work permits. +++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 28 February 2020
Today (February 28, 2020) at 09.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol welcomed Vice President of the Federation of Thai Industries Mr. Thavorn Chalatthien and committee, to discuss ways of working together in 2020. The meeting took place at the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, 7th floor, Ministry of Labour. +++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations News & photos by Pariyaron Phromsakha Na Sakonnakhon 28 February 2020
