Hands up for a pay rise

Despite being in office for only two months, the Pheu Thai-led government has made progress on several campaign pledges including plans to raise salaries for civil servants and the daily minimum wages for unskilled workers, although the timeframe set for these changes is within four years.

On the proposal to increase the pay of low-salaried state officials, the government said a study is being conducted on whether to increase salaries for civil servants and those working for the government.

The Labour Ministry is working on the daily wage hike. According to Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the minimum daily wage will be raised by the end of next month, but to a rate below 400 baht, while the promised 400-baht rate will come later, around the end of next year in certain provinces.

Given that the Pheu Thai Party plans to implement these policies…