Today (February 28, 2020) at 13.30 hours, Labour Minister M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol and the Ministry of Labour’s committee welcomed the Austrian Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs Mr. Georg Konetzky, as head of the Austrian delegation. Special Advisor to the EECO and former Thai Ambassador to Vienna Mr. Songsak Saichuea led the Thai delegation. The Austrian delegation paid a courtesy call and to discuss cooperation in the development of skilled labour and manpower in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), including guidelines for labour cooperation between the Ministry of Labour and the Austrian Institute for Skill Development, including cooperation in the development of Thai handicrafts in the labour market of Austria and the European Union, and other cooperation. The meeting took place at the Prasong Rananant Meeting Room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. +++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations News & photos by Pariyaron Phromsakha Na Sakonnakhon 28 February 2020
On February 28, 2020, at 09.00 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet, the Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Ms. Pailin and heads of governments under the Ministry of Labour in Roi Et, met with Roi Et Provincial Governor Mr. Wanchai Khongkasem to discuss labour issues. The meeting discussed the increase in agricultural employment, quality employment for the elderly, caring for informal workers to have collateral, vocational training following market needs and online sales training in the OTOP group. The meeting also covered the prevention of Covid-19 and the economic condition of the province, which took place at Roi Et’s City Hall lounge, Roi Et City Hall Building. ++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 28 February 2020
On February 28, 2020, at 09.30 hours, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Surapol Ploysuk chaired the workshop on the knowledge management plan of the Office of the Permanent Secretary of Labour, for the 2020 fiscal year. The meeting also discussed the selection of knowledge to store in 2020 and considered the selection of knowledge that needs to be collected and made a knowledge management plan for the Office of the Permanent Secretary. The workshop took place at the Prasong Rananant Meeting Room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. News & photos by Preecha Khayan Division of Public Relations 28 February 2020
On February 27, 2020, at 15.00 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet visited the Ban Phai Lom Silk-Cotton Weaving informal workers group. The Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Ms. Pailin Chindamaneeporn joined the visit, whereby Maha Sarakham Provincial Labour Officer Ms. Wilaiwan Thiangdah and Academic Labour Expert and acting Maha Sarakhram Labour Officer Ms. Nahathai Harntawi led the visit to the informal worker group at No. 83, Non Phiban, Kae Dam, Maha Sarakham. ++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 28 February 2020
On February 27, 2020, at 13.00 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet visited and gave words of encouragement and gifts to insurers. The Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Ms. Pailin Chindamaneeporn and Maha Sarakham Social Security Officer Mr. Phattharaphon Tansathien led the visit to the 3 insurers, namely, Mr. Suparerk Kamsupho, an insurer under Section 33, Mr. Phiriya Phondonko, an insurer under Section 38, and Ms. Sukanya Siritanlee, an insurer under Section 33. The visit took place at the Maha Sarakham Hospital. The visiting committee then traveled to Kae Dam district in Maha Sarakham, to give gifts and encouragement to 2 insured persons with disabilities. They were Mr. Somsri Thapphila who is blind and has a fuzzy vision at, No. 42, Moo 6, Pho Sri, Kae Dam, and Mr. Boonthom Khrapiphon with weaknesses on the left side of the body, residing at No. 179, Kae Dam, Kae Dam, Maha Sarakham. ++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 28 February 2020
On February 27, 2020, at 11.30 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet observed labour standards assessments and pre-employment training in the mechanical branch and provided certificates of competence for 5 trainees in the building electrician field, who completed the training. The Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Ms. Pailin Chindamaneeporn joined the visit with Director of Maha Sarakhram Skill Development Office Mr. Somsak Pengtham who led the visit at the Maha Sarakham Office of Skill Development in Maha Sarakham. +++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations 28 February 2020
On February 27, 2020, the Ministry of Labour’s Inspector-General Mr. Niyom Songkaew observed the occupational alleviation project for 2020 at Nadi Subdistrict, Bueng Kan, Bueng Kan. He observed activities for the skill development course for air conditioning maintenance technicians. The Ministry of Labour’s Inspector-General recommended that the trainees use their knowledge in their profession and be grouped together as “community technicians” to have a continuous and sustainable income. Division of Public Relations 28 February 2020
Secretariat to the Labour Minister visited elderly workers and work-at-home groups in Khun Tan, Chiang Rai, and viewed an exhibition on the work of self-employed professionals, strengthening skills and knowledge, creating jobs, and promoting communities with a sustainable income. On February 20, 2020, at 10.00 hours, Secretariat to the Labour Minister Lt. Gen. Nanthadet Meksawat visited elderly workers and work-at-home groups at the Pa Tan Subdistrict Health Center, Khun Tan, Chiang Rai. Mayor of Pa Tan District Mr. Natthaphong Wanson welcomed the visiting committee and sheriff of Khun Tan Mr. Wuttikorn Khamma gave a welcoming speech. At present, Pa Tan district has 1,682 older people, 120 of who study at the health center. The health center has various activities related to the elderly, such as the Pa Tan Subdistrict School, which has classes every Wednesday. It is a learning center for the development of the elderly care system by the community project to volunteer to the home proactively, center for the quality of life of the elderly, for example. The Ministry of Labour has the Chiang Rai Provincial Employment Office, which brought the “One District, One Wisdom” project to […]
Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol traveled to Korat and urged the Social Security Office to expedite over 4 million Baht in compensation. The event where the perpetrator used firearms in a shooting at the center of Korat and Terminal 21, Korat, resulted in a number of employees and insurers being injured, including some deaths. On February 9, 2020, Labour Minister M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul assigned Assistant to the Labour Minister Mr. Duangrit Benjathukul Chairungrueng to the area, to visit the site and expedite the payment of benefits from the Compensation Fund and Social Security Fund to 6 victims from the disaster, totaling 2,746,464.58 Baht. On February 10, 2020, there were still reports that found the deaths of 4 more insured employees. Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol, together with the Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Ms. Pailin Chindamaneeporn, visited the area and urged staff to examine the conclusion of the insured employees who were injured and died. Additional information was gradually received from relatives and hospitals that there are […]
On February 3, 2020, at 16.30 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet visited 6 patients under Section 33 and Section 40 of the Social Security, namely 1. Ms. Wipada Ditcharoen, aged 28, working at Songtham Pump 2. Ms. Pratong Uthaya, aged 47, who suffered from a motorcycle accident, working at Micro Leasing 3. Mr. Anuwat Yodkaew, aged 23, has a gallstone in the gallbladder, working at Scoopy Land 4. Mr. Khuangthip Phansupa, aged 35, suffering from abdominal pain, working at Subthawee 5. Mr. Krisada Maneerung, aged 21, working at Major and 6. Mr. Natthawut Sengiam, aged 25, who suffered from a motorcycle accident, working at Smith Food. The visit took place at Rom Chat Hospital, Muang, Nakhon Sawan. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Division of Public Relations
The Advisor to the Labour Minister commenced the meeting to strengthen labour volunteer networks in Sukhothai, for integration in driving the Ministry of Labour’s mission to the people in the area, and jointly prevent and resolve drug problems in the workplace. On January 28, 2020, Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet, presided over the opening ceremony of the workshop to strengthen labour volunteer networks to integrate with the Ministry of Labour’s missions, through integration with the project to promote prevention and resolution to drugs in the workplace in 2020. The event took place at Function Room 3, Sukhothai Treasure Resort and Spa, Muang Kao, Mueang Sukhothai, Sukhothai. Sukhothai Labour Officer Mr. Suchai Charnwigarn gave a report. The Labour Minister’s Advisor said that labour volunteers play an important role in all areas of operations, 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. Because of volunteering Person who serves Must […]
On January 28, 2020, at 13.30 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Assistant to the Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Phattana Phanfak to chair the committee meeting to consider and prepare the annual budget of the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, for the first time this year. The meeting considered the draft budget allocation of the 2020 annual budget and the annual action plan implementation for 2020. The meeting took place at the Prasong Rananant Meeting Room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour. ————————————– Division of Public Relations
The Labour Minister visited and gave words of encouragement to workers in the workplace, and observed the robotics and automation learning center, following the government’s Thailand 4.0 policy. On January 29, 2020, Labour Minister M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul, the Department of Skill Development’s Director-General Mr. Tawat Benchatikul, the Department of Employment’s Deputy Director-General Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat and the Ministry of Labour executives traveled to Ubon Ratchathani, to listen to a briefing and visit to encourage workers at the RST Asia Pacific Limited Partnership, Muang, Ubon Ratchathani. Mr. Aran Anuphansawang, Managing Director of Ruam Sin Thai Group, the owner of the RST Robotics robot arm, which is a startup business in selling Yanmar tractors, combine harvesters, factory machinery, and agricultural machinery equipment in Ubon Ratchathani province, gave a welcoming. The company is in cooperation with Ubon Ratchathani Skill Development Institute 7, to provide training for personnel and vocational students in the form of a short course on “robot control in industrial applications.” M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul and committee visited the robotics and automation learning center established in Ubon […]
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 and gave words of encouragement to staff of the Office of Labour Protection and Welfare in Sukhothai, located at No. 21/4 Moo 14, Sukhothai-Old City Road, Ban Kluai, Mueang Sukhothai, Sukhothai. He also met with the Sukhothai Social Security Office staff, located at No. 317 Moo 14, Sukhothai-Kamphaeng Phet Road, Ban Kluai, Mueang Sukhothai, Sukhothai, the Sukhothai Employment Office staff situated at No. 2885 Moo 14, Sukhothai-Kamphaeng Phet Road, Ban Kluai, Mueang Sukhothai, Sukhothai and staff of the Sukhothai Skill Development Office located at No. 69 Moo 5, Srisamrong-Srinakhon Road, Sam Ruen, Si Samrong, Sukhothai. ————————- Division of Public Relations
On January 21, 2020, at 14.00 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol assigned Assistant to the Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Niyom Songkaew as chairman of the Management of the Foreign Workers Fund Committee meeting for the 2020 fiscal year, no. 3/2020. The meeting considered changes in the form of management of foreign workers according to the Cabinet’s resolution on August 20, 2019, which was approved in accordance with the resolution of the Fund Committee No. 1/2013 on October 28, 2019. The meeting also considered the draft regulation for the Fund Committee on Foreign Workers Administration of Fund Employees B.E. … including other matters relating to the Department of Employment’s announcement on the rights and privileges of the employees of the Management of the Foreign Workers Fund, B.E. … The meeting took place at the Mitmaitree 2 Meeting Room, 5th floor, Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour. ————————————– Division of Public Relations
