The Thai Royal Gazette has now officially announced the increase of the minimum Thai wage for workers in 16 careers, focusing on workers in construction, service and industrial industries. The wage is increased up to 650 baht per day from the former rate of about 313 – 336 baht per day. The policy was launched on June 10 and would be effective within 90 days.
Following the promise to increase the minimum wage that Parang Pracharath used as an election platform during the election campaign in 2019, the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee, State Enterprises Workers’ relations Confederation, and a group of workers handed a letter to the government to request a higher minimum wage of 492 baht per day for the whole country on April 26.
The government “took the topic into consideration” according to an interview given by the Labour Minister, Suhchart Chomklin. Last month, the…
