Permanent Secretary of Labour M.L. Puntrik Smiti gave a speech after chairing the seminar on the Royal Decree on Managing the Work of Aliens B.E. 2560 at the Jompol P. Pibulsongkram room. After enactment of the royal decree on 23 June 2017, many operational obstacles were identified. Thus the National Council for Peace and Order used Section 44 to order a 180-day grace period until 1 January 2018, during which the Ministry of Labour will acknowledge any feedback in order to improve legislation accordingly; the Cabinet has also assigned the Office of the Council of State to simultaneously acknowledge the feedback as Labour Minister General Sirichai Distakul has given great importance to this.
The Permanent Secretary of Labour expanded on the seminar’s agenda which would include a talk by the Director of the Labour Division from the Department of Employment, on the Royal Decree on Managing the Work of Aliens B.E. 2560. The 250 participants were then grouped into 3 groups to share ideas from the perspective of different stakeholders such as the Federation of Industries, the Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand. The first group looked specifically at penalties, the second considering potential additions or amendments to the 39 restricted professions and the third on importing labour into Thailand, whereby looking at obstacles in the process and improving them. After the discussion, each group concluded their comments; participants are still able to submit suggestions to the Ministry of Labour for further consideration.
“Restricted professions are jobs that require specific knowledge from Thai people, are symbolic of Thailand, preserve Thai handicrafts and are work which requires specific certification, will remain preserved for Thai workers only. Other professions such as construction will have further details analyzed to consider foreign worker employment, alongside with data on actual labour demand which changed over time,” concluded the Permanent Secretary.
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7 September 2017
