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BP: ILLEGAL LABOUR Stricter job rul



Subject: BP: ILLEGAL LABOUR Stricter job rules set for employers




June 11, 1999  
ILLEGAL LABOUR
Stricter job rules set for employers
Threat of lawsuits if workers abscond

Penchan Charoensuthipan
Stricter employment regulations are to be imposed in a bid to hold employers
accountable if their foreign workers abscond and also to curb the use of
illegal labour.
Sompong Amornvivat, the labour and social welfare minister, yesterday declined
to give details of the conditions the employers must accept if they insist on
hiring alien workers.
The work permits of 650,000 aliens, which are due to expire in August,
might be
renewed on a case-by-case basis if the employers can prove that they cannot
find Thais to replace them, he said.
Mr Sompong said the ministry would firmly impose its policy to halt the use of
illegal labour.
But each province would, however, be allowed to decide for itself whether
hiring aliens was unavoidable in certain business sectors and he hopes the
tough new conditions would discourage the employers from keeping their illegal
workforce.
Employers in 50 provinces are seeking the extension of work permits for some
200,000 alien workers, he said. The ministry would make it very clear to them
that they would face legal action if their workers flee to other provinces.
The employers would also be punished if found guilty of labour abuse, he said.
The ministry has so far deported 35,531 illegal immigrants, arrested 1,754
alien workers and filed suits against 224 employers for employing illegal
labour.
It has prepared 17,270 Thais to replace the aliens once they are repatriated.

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