1998 Labor Protection Act

Suspended workers demand compensation from textile company

17 Aug 2015
A labour union in northern Thailand has urged the authorities to take legal action to force a textile company to compensate workers for suspending operations.   On 13 August 2015, representatives of the Textile Labour Union in the northern province of Chiang Mai came to the provincial Damrong Tham Centre, set up under the Interior Ministry to receive complaints, to talk to the Governor of Chiang Mai.

Thailand not adequately addressing human trafficking

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International Labor Rights Forum
28 Jul 2015
Washington, DC: The U.S. Department of State maintained Thailand’s Tier 3 ranking, the lowest category, in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which was released this morning.

Thai junta to amend regulations on reserved force conscription

8 Jul 2015
The Thai junta’s cabinet gave the green light to a bill to establish a Military Reserve Force (MRF) Committee in order to tighten up calls for military service and set out criminal penalties for employers who refuse to pay their workers serving in the military.   The cabinet on Monday, 7 July 2015, approved the Military Reserve Force Bill to form a ‘Military Reserve Force Committee’, which will have the authority to summon Thai males trained as ‘Nak Sueksa Wicha Thahan’, or Military Reserve Force, for additional training and military service if needed.
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