More Chinese and Indians are reportedly taking posts reserved for Thais, according to authorities.
PUBLISHED: 21 Mar 2024 at 18: 30
According to the Department of Employment, Chinese and Indians are among the growing number of foreigners joining the Thai government’s workforce.
After receiving concerns about work being taken illegally by foreigners, assistant official Karom Phonphonklang announced on Thursday   that the department had started random inspections of workplaces in well-known tourist and business areas of the nation.
From Oct 1 to March 18, he said, a total of 25, 628 offices were inspected, with 820 facing legal actions for allowing breaches of the employment laws.
The offices inspected employed a full of 306, 577 foreign citizens. The number included 232, 106 from Myanmar, 42, 698 from Cambodia, 18, 001 from Laos and 236 from Vietnam.
A full of 1, 689 employees faced constitutional actions, with 721 found to be doing work that are off- limitations to foreigners.
Of the perpetrators, 316 were from Myanmar, 175 from Cambodia, 106 from Laos, 65 from India, 42 from Vietnam and five from China.
Among the restrained work being done by non- Thais were city hawkers, barbers, public transportation drivers, and standard masseuses and masseurs.
According to Mr. Korn, some of the foreign workers were hired for non-restricted positions but did not follow the rules, citing positions like those held by business salespeople as well as building workers and other mundane tasks.
In a related development, Move Forward Party MP for Phuket Chalermpong Sangdee has petitioned the House Committee on Economic Development to look into dark firms in the area state after receiving concerns about them.
According to Mr. Chalermpong, some illegal businesses were discovered to be run by foreigners who were granted long-stay customer visa. He urged the committee to assess companies, somewhat real estate firms, that are suspected of using Thai contenders.
The committee chairman, Move Forward MP Sittiphol Viboonthanakul, said he would work with the government to determine how the rules could be strengthened and used to combat illegal international business ownership.