On May 24, 2024, at 09.00 hours, the Labour Minister, Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, presided over an address to 126 Thai workers who will travel to work in Taiwan and Japan. The Secretariat to the Labour Minister, Mr. Aree Krainara, from the Prime Minister’s Secretariat’s Office, Mr. Phuchong Worasri, the Permanent Secretary of Labour, Mr. Pairoj Chotikasathien, and the Ministry of Labour’s executives joined the occasion at the Ministry of Labour’s meeting room, 5th floor, Ministry of Labour.
The Labour Minister, Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, revealed that the Ministry of Labour has set a goal of sending 100,000 Thai workers to work abroad by 2024, encouraging Thai workers to have a stable income and improve their quality of life. In the latest developments, it has sent 60,769 workers abroad to 139 countries, reaching 60.7 percent of its goal. The top five countries where Thai workers are sent to are Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Laos, and the United States. Today, 126 Thai workers were preparing to travel to work abroad legally. The workers were receiving pre-departure training. Of the 126 workers, 119 people will travel to work in Taiwan as auto parts production employees and construction workers, with a salary of 31,041 Baht, and seven workers to Japan as agricultural employees and laundry staff, with a salary of 44,146 to 45,191 Baht. All of the workers will travel via employment delivery companies.
In this regard, the Labour Minister advised job seekers at the conference room on the 5th floor of the Ministry of Labour. “We ask everyone to work hard and take the best responsibility for their assigned tasks. Conduct yourself according to the laws and culture of the destination country. Do not get involved with drugs, intoxicants, and gambling of any kind. The important thing is to plan your savings to have sufficient income and to come back to continue working in Thailand after completing the employment contract period. May your work abroad be successful, smooth, happy, and healthy. I wish you safe travels.”
The Department of Employment’s Director-General, Mr. Somchai Morakotsriwa, said that Thai workers who will legally travel to work abroad must undergo training to equip them with the knowledge and understanding of procedures for working abroad and to perform them correctly, to know the conditions under the employment contract, employment conditions, and customs, cultures, and traditions in the local country. The goal of the training is to help workers be prepared to work and gain confidence, including knowing how to ask for help and understanding the benefits and protection of overseas workers according to law. The training also provides recommendations for applying for membership to the fund that helps workers working abroad to receive protection and benefits specified by law. The fund supports its members in the event that something unexpected happens or an emergency occurs, such as in the case of being abandoned in a foreign country, experiencing danger before going to work or while working abroad, being terminated due to risk, experiencing danger that causes disability, being sent back because of a prohibited disease, and in the case of experiencing problems from war, natural disasters, or epidemics.
Those interested in traveling to work abroad can follow the news and recruitment announcements at the doe.go.th/overseas and ask for more details at Provincial Employment Offices in every province, the Bangkok Employment Office, Areas 1-10, or at the Ministry of Labour’s hotline, call 1506, press 2, for the Department of Employment, or contact the Department of Employment’s hotline, on 1694.
