On June 14, 2018, Maj. Gen. Adul Sangsingkeo, Minister of Labor President of Public and Private Meetings to Drive Operations “Civil Society Strengthens the Civil Service for the Elderly” at the 11th floor of the Tiananakorn Conference Room, Department of Employment. To discuss ways to promote the employment of older people. The need for the private sector to provide government agencies concerned with promoting the employment of the elderly. Today, there are about 11 million elderly people in Thailand. Today, which is the government’s agenda that the Prime Minister has urged the relevant agencies driving in both the employment of the elderly, housing loans, as well as access to loan sources. The Ministry of Labor The goal is to promote the employment of 15,600 older people, including work-based, employer-to-home and self-employment. The goal is to develop skills for the elderly to work 77,000 people.
Maj. Gen. Adul added that in the future, the Ministry of Labor will consider together with the relevant agencies to amend the law. Acting Elderly Employment Setting the hourly minimum wage for the elderly At the same time, tax incentives will be introduced to encourage private sector employment in the elderly. In 2019, the employment system for the elderly will be more explicit. Types of jobs, types of work that older people can do, skills development, protection and social security. The Ministry of Labor will carry out the action plan as well as revising the relevant laws in parallel with the private sector in many of the establishments that have previously employed older workers to promote the employment of the elderly effectively and to see tangible results such as setting hourly wage rates, cooperating with relevant agencies to drive strategies and policies, employment services, employing the elderly in extension of employment opportunities, promotion of employment for older people in appropriate careers, age and experience, occupational training and development, enhancement of absent skills, manual, labor, seniors, workers rights and welfare of the elderly, including the creation of social security, and so on.
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