Manas Kosol, leader of the Employee Social Security Network, said the election of the new SSO board should proceed because it is a key element of social security reforms outlined in the Social Security Act. The issue of electing the new SSO board emerged following calls from some groups of Social Security Fund (SSF) members at the end of the previous panel's term in November last year. According to a 2015 amendment to the Social Security Act, the SSO board is to be chaired by the labour permanent secretary and comprises representatives from the government, employers and employees. Seven of the board members should be elected by 14 million employee members of the SSF nationwide. "An elected board would reflect what the subscribers want and they are expected to make decisions that would benefit the social security scheme members," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post February 26, 2018 00:11 UTC