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Date:
1977-1981
Source:
Office of the Prime
Minister, National Economic and Social Development Board, Bangkok, Thailand
Subject:
employment policy,
work-place conditions, security, compensation, workers, labour relations,
vocational training
Text:
5.2
Guidelines and Measures
5.2.1
Work Conditions and Security
The number of officers and equipment used in the supervision of
companies will be increased so that one officer will not have to
supervise over more than 300 companies.
Security standards for factories will be studied and adapted to suit
local conditions and then introduced to companies concerned to prevent
danger arising from working with machines, poisonous substances or
unhealthy work conditions.
The Labour Protection Act is to be revise to reflect the real
situation and the needs of the country.
5.2.2
Improvement of Workers Compensation Fund
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The administrative and service staff will be expanded to improve the
public relations work and create a better understanding of employees and
employers in this project.
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This fund is to be allowed to cover more provinces, and to include
firms with less than 20 employees, especially those with dangerous working
conditions.
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The National Executive Council Announcement No. 103 should be revised
to make the use of reverses more flexible, for example, to finance the
prevention of accidents in factories.
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Preparations for the introduction of social security measures into
other fields should be made. The setting up of a national social security fund
will be considered during the Fourth Plan period. Various agencies operating
in similar fields will be integrated.
5.2.3
Labour Relations
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Revision of Labour Act. All three parties namely, the Government, the
employers, and the employees should work closely with one another from the
start in the revision of the Labour Act. The revised Act should mention in
detail the punitive clauses for those who break the law.
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Labour court. A labour court to settle labour disputes in a just manner
will be established within a short period of time. In the meantime, the Labour
Relations Committee should continue with its present role with extended
authority. However, when the labour court comes into existence, this Committee
will only have the negotiating task in labour disputes. Should this
negotiation fail to lead to an agreement, the labour court would step in to
produce the ultimate judgement.
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Institution for the Promotion of Labour Relations. This labour
institution project will be considered and implemented within this Plan period
in order to alleviate labour problems in the long run. In the meanwhile, the
Labour Department will act as a coordinator in organizing meetings between the
employees and employers to discuss labour relations work and problems. This
latter undertaking should help considerably to mitigate labour problems in the
short run.
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Education and Training Facilities will be provided to the workers to
teach them their rights and duties according to the Labour Act. Efforts to
create workers assembly and employers assembly that are well united and have
read negotiating authority will be encouraged. Both measures should make the
workers conscious of their responsibilities towards economic and social
development of the country and should help prevent unnecessary disputes
between workers and employers.
5.2.4
Vocational and Skill Training
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Policies relating to short-term training courses for those out of
school will be laid down clearly during the Fourth Plan period. There will be
only one single unit responsible for the administration of training policies
and the coordination of various training courses which will aim at
employment-oriented training.
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Training courses to raise the level of skills and to teach basic skills
will be promoted and expanded into provincial areas.
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The Government should not be the sole producer of manpower for the
private sector. The latter should be encouraged to create a manpower
development system for its own use by providing training facilities in the
form of apprenticeship programmes. The Government will establish certain
principles and maintain strict control to ensure that participation by the
private sector will, to the extent possible, lead to maximum social benefits.
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The skill levels of Thai craftsmen in various fields should be
standardized and upgraded to bring them on par with international standards
5.2.5
Job Placement and Labour Market Information Services
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Information and analysis regarding such topics of interest to workers
as unemployment, labour market, wage rates and work conditions should be
provided on time and consistently.
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Registration of the employed and the unemployed should speedily be put
into practice in every province.
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The Government job-placement agencies should be structurally improved
to make them a real meeting place for job seekers and employers. These
agencies must be able to collect a sufficient amount of up-to-date information
on labour market and provide them to job-seekers, employers and every
educational institution.
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The number of job-placement agencies in areas with expanding industries
and at centres of the communications network should be expanded to provide
sufficient information and guidance to those looking for jobs. These agencies
will be encouraged to provide short orientation courses to teach the
unemployed some basic working techniques and to adapt to living conditions in
large towns.
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Private and government job-placement agencies should be supervised to
prevent their operations from falling below a required standard. They should
be aided technically and in organizing some additional training courses. This
supervision should gain them trust from both the employees and employers which
should help to facilitate the Government employment policy.
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