Ministry seeks Bt300 wage for state workersA Labour Ministry request that state-enterprise employees be guaranteed a flat Bt300 daily wage is expected to be tabled at today's Cabinet meeting.13 Oct 11 The Nation The Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) is also expected to submit a request that a Bt15,000 starting salary be approved for newly recruited government officials. State enterprises are hoping the Bt300 wage will take immediate effect, after the Cabinet approved four years ago a blanket 5-per-cent rise in salaries, allowances and other benefits. Initial approval was given by the ministry and two powerful networks of state enterprise unions on October 1, but approval by the Cabinet today would make the payment mandatory with immediate effect. The Bt15,000 rise would cost the government Bt18.8 billion a year. |
