Worker groups are worried the Labour Protection Bill that requires employers to give better compensation to their staff might be scuttled as business group opposition mounts. Manas Kosol, president of the Confederation of Thai Labour (CTL), said he wants the government to speed up passage of the bill, after business groups on Thursday to say they had "grave concerns" about it. In this regard, the bill gives workers affected by workplace relocations the right to scrap their contract and get compensation. Mr Manas, however, said business groups had misunderstood the bill. The bill will benefit more than 90% of daily wage workers nationwide, he predicted, and deserved public support.

Source: Bangkok Post October 08, 2017 23:03 UTC