PUBLISHED: 22 Sep 2024 at 08: 02
The important planned vote on the issue reached a stalemate after a member of the bilateral wage committee was about to lose his seat, further putting off a statewide wage hike.
The council was scheduled to vote on Friday on the plan for a 400-baht income hike. However, the meeting was adjourned and moved to Tuesday due to a lack of vote.
The 15-member committee’s member( s ) were absent from the meeting on Friday due to absence of several government and employee representatives. At least two-thirds, or 10 people, are required to be present for the pay vote to continue.
According to a cause, just nine members attended the meeting, while six– four from the state and two from the individual side– were excluded. Employer members from all five were current. A new twist has emerged that could potentially more thwart the wage voting.
Methee Supapong, a government member of the committee and a member of the Bank of Thailand ( BoT), had retired from public service a year ago, according to Labour permanent secretary Pairoj Chotikasathien on Saturday.
The commission contacted the BoT to inquire about Mr. Methee’s job position. The BoT responded on Friday, stating that he no longer poses any legitimate risk and that he no longer represents the organization in any way. As a result, Mr. Pairoj reported that Mr. Methee no longer serves on the committee, leaving a vacancy that may trigger the committee’s income vote to be postponed beyond the Tuesday meeting.
He emphasized that the pay vote may take place in order for all 15 committee members to be present. ” We must wait for that”, he added.
Mr. Methee left last year and has since joined the council. In the early weeks of his pensions, the BoT continued to embrace Mr Methee’s position as its representative. But, Friday’s reply from the BoT successfully removed him from that location.
” In practice ,]Mr Methee ] should refrain from attending meetings and allow someone else to take his place”, Mr Pairoj said.
But, finding a replacement may take some time. The government is responsible for appointing Mr Methee’s son, a process that may take away to 15 times. The bilateral committee has a week to visit a wage meeting once the cabinet has approved the replacement and the appointment has been made public. Since the new macroeconomic season begins on October 1, Mr. Pairoj himself will have already retired by that point.
One of the four state representatives who was not present at the pay meeting, Poonpong Naiyanapakorn, chairman of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office under the Commerce Ministry, reported to have traveled to the Labour Ministry, but Mr. Pairoj chose not to comment on reviews that the vote was never reached. Had he entered the appointment, the vote would have been fulfilled, a supply said.