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Date:
1972-1976
Source:
Office of the Prime
Minister, National Economic and Social Development Board, Bangkok, Thailand
Subject:
population policy, employment,
manpower development policy, labour relations
Text:
Guidelines
for the Third Development Plan
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A National level committee should be formed in order to:
(a) set targets for increasing employment opportunities in various
Government projects.
(b) Consider projects which will create more jobs.
(c) Decrease or limit private capital – intensive investment.
(d) Promote and assist labour intensive investments in the regional areas by
means of policies towards customs, income taxes, and interest rates, and
provide the basic requirements for encouraging this type of investment.
(e) Establish special projects to train personnel to conduct policy –
oriented research on labour – intensive projects, both for agriculture and
for small industries.
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Local employment committee should be established to render employment
services to the people in the different areas.
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Employment targets must be clearly identified for all accelerated rural
development projects. Public projects should be initiated in the remote or
disaster areas in order to increase job opportunities.
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Labour market information, employment advice and services must be made
available to local employers and investors.
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Labour training centres should be expanded to the rural areas to train
workers, particularly war veterans and job – seekers.
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Forest reservation policy, land ownership title laws, land allocation
and the Land Act should be revised. Management of land allocation should
also be improved for maximum efficiency.
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Community development areas should be expanded, and emphasis should be
given to training local leaders at villages and tambon level. Vocational
development groups and rural development volunteer groups should be
promoted.
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Foreign workers in Thailand should be subject to adequate control and
fair treatment.
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The Labour Act, especially the section on labour protection, wages,
labour relations and some aspects of social insurance should be revised. The
establishment of employers’ associations and employees’ associations
should be encouraged within reasonable limits.
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Social welfare services should be made available to women, children,
the aged, and the handicapped, while welfare services form private
organizations should also be encouraged.
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More moral and religious education should be added to the school
curriculum, especially in remote areas.
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Cultural extension should be promoted. Where necessary, sacred objects
or places which have real historic significance should be repaired or
improved. Such projects should be listed according to priorities.
Development Projects for Third Plan
The social development programme during the Third National
Economic and Social Development Plan consists of 33 major projects which can be
classified into seven categories, namely: labour, community development, social
insurance, land allocation and self-help settlements, social welfare, hilltribe
welfare and religion and arts.
Labour.
Labour activities will be, in accordance with
policy, to increase employment and assist the established national committee on
job creation and employment targets to alleviate the problems of unemployment.
The main projects are: -
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Forty-five employment offices will be established to provide services in
areas that have development projects and extensive capital investment. The
offices will also provide employment information, job placement services and
will cooperate with training schools and institutions to give opportunities for
job training. Recommendations for special projects will be made in order to
create jobs in disaster or unemployment areas.
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Three regional training centres will be established in expanding
industrial areas to assist in training for new labour force entrants, other
workers, foremen, supervisors and war veterans. Skill testing will also be done
in these centres.
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Laws on foreign workers should be enforced to give more opportunity to
Thai workers. Skilled foreign workers will be replaced by well trained Thai
labour.
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According to the New Labour Protection Act, labour protection should be
enforced with regard to working hours, holidays, women and child labour, wages,
and compensation funds. An office of compensation funds should be established to
give wider welfare services and promote safety on the job. Various projects for
labour protection should be initiated. The minimum wage should be readjusted in
line with present living standards and productivity. More personnel should be
added to the regional offices to maintain constant surveillance of working
condition.
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Labour Relation Laws should be enforced in order to promote the formation
of proper Labour Associations and Employers’ Associations. Employers should be
well informed about the value of Labour Associations, which will cooperate with
employers in improving working conditions, wages, welfare and production.
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Research on labour and employment opportunities should be conducted in
order to analyse demand for labour, the unemployment situation, disguised
unemployment, labour utilization, welfare and some types of social insurance,
including study of the costs and benefits to employers.
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