Phairoj Chotikasatian, the ministry’s permanent secretary, was addressing complaints on Wednesday submitted by Thai workers in Israel that they had been shifted to other employers without their consent.
He said the Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv had confirmed that this practice was not against Israel’s labour laws. Phairoj added that on Tuesday he had instructed the embassy’s labour officials to visit the 42 Thai workers who had been shifted out of the conflict zone near the Gaza Strip after Israel declared it was at war with Hamas after it launched an attack on Saturday.
Of the 42 workers, 25 wanted to return home, four wanted to change their jobs and the remainder wanted to continue working with the same employer.
The 25 workers wanting to return are expected to arrive in Thailand on a Royal Thai Air Force flight on October 18, Phairoj said.
Meanwhile, the Thai Foreign Ministry…