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Employers seek law to curb political meddling with wages

National wage committee needs independence to do job and resist politicians seeking to woo voters

Minimum-wage construction labourers are transported to their camp in Laksi district of Bangkok, where they were confined during the Covid-19 pandemic in June 2021. (Bangkok Post File Photo)

A new law ensuring the national tripartite wage committee is independent is needed to prevent intervention by politicians pledging minimum wage increases during election campaigns, says the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai).

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