| 27 Jul 12 | 27 Burmese migrant workers injured in explosion -- A gas explosion at a seafood company in Ranong, Thailand, injured 27 Burmese migrant workers and two Thai workers on Monday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jul 12 | Govt wants to take over migrant labour -- The December 14 deadline for registration of illegal migrant workers will not be extended, because Thailand wants to change the system, with workers only being brought here via government-to-government contracts in the long run, Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 19 Jul 12 | Departments work together to beat human traffickers -- Songsri admitted the ministry’s handling of human trafficking, inflicted on both migrant and Thai workers in various sectors, was poor because all five departments had worked without integration. The ministry’s key officials will meet on July 24 to discuss the master plan before submitting the issue to permanent secretary Somkiat Chayasriwong, she said. ( The Nation ) |
| 18 Jul 12 | Fine Arts officials oppose raising retirement age -- The existing employment-extension conditions, which allow a first extension of four years and second and third extensions of three years each, were appropriate and had been used for several positions requiring special skills and expertise in traditional arts and crafts, she said. ( The Nation ) |
| 12 Jul 12 | Give people in South more say, renowned lawyer advises -- Residents of Thailand's three southern-most provinces need to have a greater say in how the issues of separatist-related violence and decentralisation are being resolved, says human-rights lawyer Ratsada Manusasada, winner of this year's Somchai Neelapaijit Memorial Fund Award, which was announced yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 10 Jul 12 | Worker bills overlooked in House drama -- Labour leaders have slammed the government for focusing too much on the constitutional amendment and reconciliation bills at the expense of worker-backed social security legislation and other bills focusing on bread-and-butter issues. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 06 Jul 12 | Proposed plan for pregnant migrant workers misguided -- The ministry initiated this policy as a response to Thailand's inclusion, for the third consecutive year, in the United States' Tier 2 watchlist for countries with human-trafficking issues in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. ( The Nation ) |
|
|
