Measures set to assist SMEsThe cabinet on Tuesday agreed in principle job support measures worth 46.9 billion baht to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) retain workers and create new jobs. According to government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the cabinet has acknowledged the job support measures approved last Thursday by the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA). He said the measures aim to help SMEs that have 200 or fewer employees retain 95% of their workers, and encourage entrepreneurs to increase new hires. The new support measures will see the government hand out 3,000 baht a month to each worker from November 2021 to January 2022. The measure will cover 480,122 SMEs, which are expected to help retain employees and create new jobs for a total of 5.04 million workers.
