The Ministry of Labour’s Spokesperson, Mr. Phumiphat Mueanchan, said that the Labour Minister, Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, has an important policy to raise the level of promotion, protection and development of the quality of life of informal workers. Today, he was assigned to preside over the opening ceremony of the training of teacher B, independent labour networks at the village/community level, under the project to raise the quality of life of informal workers by community networks through the registration of informal workers (independent workers), Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, 2024 fiscal year, between July to August 2024. Heads of government agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, the District Chief of Chawang, Mr. Akkarapol Suthirak Chit-Supa, and trainees who are village chiefs, headsmen, assistant village headsmen, subdistrict doctors, sergeants, and labour volunteers, totaling 86 people, joined in the welcome at the Chawang District Community Hall, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
Mr. Phumiphat said that he was delighted and honoured to chair the opening ceremony of the training for teacher B under the project to improve the quality of life of informal workers through the community network through the registration of informal workers (independent workers) in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province for 2024 fiscal year, between July to August 2024. The Ministry of Labour, represented by the Labour Minister, Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, gives importance to taking care of independent workers, who are a large part of the worker population in Thailand, striving to ensure they have social security and a good quality of life. Therefore, the Provincial Labour Office has been assigned to drive this policy so that independent workers can register and receive various benefits from the government, such as the promotion of occupations that meet their needs, the right to form groups to establish legal organizations, the right to borrow money from the fund for occupational purposes, the right to receive insurance or health insurance from the fund in the event of loss of income, disability or death, and the right to request protection from independent labour inspectors in the event of unfairness.
Mr. Phumiphat added that he thanked all volunteers who joined the network of independent workers in the village/community. After completing the training, they will become teachers who must perform public relations duties to create knowledge and understanding about the main points of the draft bill on the promotion and protection of independent workers B.E. … and encourage people to register as informal workers (independent workers) through the application system. Therefore, it will be vital to make workers benefit from this law, allowing the Ministry of Labour to take care of workers comprehensively. He said that he sincerely hoped that the training participants would use the knowledge they gained to communicate to independent workers in their area about the benefits that independent workers will receive from the draft bill and invite independent workers to register.
