PUBLISHED: 2 Does 2025 at 05: 37
On Thursday, staff and protesters in Bangkok called for better safeguards and fairer treatment for people.
Many organized marches where individuals carried banner and signs highlighting significant labor issues, such as fairer pay and pay during maternity leave.
Panus Thailuan, president of the National Congress of Thai Labour, made a nine-point desire at Lan Khon Muang in front of Bangkok City Hall in order to improve the standard of living for employees.
The most important proposals included the passage of a law establishing a hazard insurance fund to maintain work, the elimination of income taxes on severance pay in all cases, raising the minimum old-age pension to no less than 5, 000 baht, and changing the Labour Ministry’s regulation to ensure that monthly salaried employees receive 1.5 times their pay for overtime work, the same rate that is given to daily-wage employees.
Other demands included the creation of a working group under the Labour Ministry to track the progress of their demands and the upgrading of the Labour Safety Division to the Department of Labour Safety.
The most pressing request, in Mr. Panus ‘ opinion, is the need to establish a risk insurance fund to shield employees from unfair dismissal and non-payment of severance packages.
This demand comes from numerous instances of employers closing down businesses without making a compensatory offer to their employees, such as the Yarnapund Public Co Ltd. severance pay owed to its employees in excess of 400 million baht.
The labor representatives ‘ proposals were presented to Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, who claimed many of their demands were already being reviewed.
He also pledged to put forth proactive measures to ensure job and income security by offering comprehensive care to both domestic and foreign workers.
According to Mr. Phiphat, the ministry adheres to the tenet that “everyone needs a job, skills, security, and a good quality of life.”
The ministry organized a number of activities for workers to mark Labour Day yesterday, including free medical checks, flu shots, and a job fair with 174, 000 vacancies.