Pay boost to affect over 400,000 staff
More than 400,000 officials from tambon administrative organisations (TAO) across Thailand are expecting the interior minister to approve their proposed salary increases as their wages have not been boosted for 15 years.
Weerasak Hadda, chairman of the TAO Association of Thailand, met Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, the prime minister’s secretary-general, and Chatchawal Kong-udom, chief adviser to the prime minister, to follow up on the salary changes.
“Mr Pirapan said Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda agreed in principle and will present the proposal to a…