The Labour Court has ordered Dhammakaset Co Ltd, which operates a poultry farm in Lop Buri, to pay 1.7 million baht in compensation to 14 Myanmar workers who were forced to work long hours and were underpaid. The court's order was issued in line with a decision made in August by Lop Buri's Labour Protection and Welfare Office which awarded the workers 1.7 million baht in back wages. Suthasinee Kaewsinlek, a member of the Migrant Workers Right Network representing the 14 workers at the hearing, said the 1.7-million-baht compensation fell short of what the workers should have actually received for the overtime. The lawsuit against Dhammakaset was brought to court in September last year by 14 workers seeking 46 million baht in compensation and civil damages for alleged abuses suffered by the workers for several years at the poultry farm. The workers' litigation came after labour officials in Lop Buri decided the overtime owed to the workers was worth 1.7 million baht.

Source: Bangkok Post March 18, 2017 00:49 UTC