Govt personnel’s startup salary upped to 18,000 baht a month
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL NEWLY-EMPLOYED GOVERNMENT personnel will earn a sum of 18,000 baht in startup salary per month, beginning in the middle of next year. The Pheu Thai-led cabinet today (Nov.28) approved a raise in the government personnel’s startup salary from 15,000 baht to 18,000 baht a month to be effective after […]
Read MoreMpox surges with 24 infected, one more death in just a week
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said this morning (Oct. 30) mpox (monkeypox) cases increased over the past week with 24 getting injected while one patient who was HIV positive died with two having succumbed to this disease so far, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Thongchai Keeratihatthayakorn, acting director-general of the Disease Control Department, revealed that […]
Read MoreTravel agents warn wage hike will hit tourism industry
THE Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) warned that if the minimum wage is increased to 450 baht a day and further gradually increased every year it will definitely affect the economy with the tourism industry too impacted, Matichon newspaper said today (May 31). Mr. Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn, Atta’s president, said a minimum wage hike […]
Read MoreIncreased pay for village-based public health volunteers not meant to woo votes: Satit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY DEMOCRAT LEADER Satit Pitutacha today (Mar.6) categorically denied the government’s measure to increase the monthly pay for all village-based public health volunteers is primarily designed to woo votes. Satit who concurrently performs as deputy public health minister confirmed his agency has planned to raise the monthly pay for all […]
Read MoreDaily minimum wage to rise by 5% from Oct. 1 – official
By Reuters and published by Investing.com plus INN News THAILAND will raise the daily minimum wage by an average of 5.02% from October 1, a Labour Ministry official said today (August 26), as it seeks to help workers cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. A government wage committee agreed the raise to between […]
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