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Labour situation improves in first quarter

A man attends the Bangkok Job Fair held by the Labour Ministry in March 2021. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

The unemployment situation in the first quarter is likely to improve boosted by healthy export growth and a gradual recovery of the tourism sector, according to the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry.

Tanit Sorat, the confederation’s vice-chairman, said on Monday the latest statistics show that the number of employees who registered for the Social Security Act’s Section 33 rose in the first two months of the year.

He cited a Labour Ministry report which revealed workers who register under the Section 33 of the Social Security Act in January totalled 11.13 million, up by 0.7% from 11.05 million in the…

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