Office workers walk in the rain during lunch break on Bangkok’s Silom Road. (File photo: Bangkok Post)
Employers on Friday raised objections to a proposed increase in minimum daily wages to a flat rate of 492 baht, saying the move could jeopardise the nation’s economic recovery.
Taweekiat Rongsawat, chairman of the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECT), led representatives from more than 40 employer associations to meet Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin to voice their concerns.
Early this week, the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) and the State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation (SEWRC) called for a new rate of 492 baht nationwide to ease hardship brought on by rising living costs.
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