The Labour Minister established a working group to proceed with demands made on the National Labour Day with groups of informal workers, handicapped people, employer unions, academics, the Thailand Labour Solidarity Committee and government officials as committee members. He revealed progress on the restructure of a Department of Labour Safety which could be done immediately, with the Risk Insurance Fund and the Employee Welfare Fund integrated as one issue. The Labour Minister reiterated that the Social Security Fund had studied the demands and thus proposed practicality to the working group with reasoning.