Govt urged to cut labour import cost
Businesses struggle amid dire shortage
Businesses have appealed to the Labour Ministry to reduce the expenses involved in importing migrant workers and shore up labour shortages.
Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said so far labour imports via the memorandum of understandings (MoU) signed with neighbouring countries have missed their targets.
Many business owners have sought to recruit migrant workers from Myanmar through an MoU. However, the ongoing unrest has prevented recruitment from being processed.
The ministers said business operators were concerned that if not enough workers are…
