8.3 million Thai workers will lose employment or income in 2020 says World Bank The World Bank says that as much as 8.3 million workers in Thailand could lose jobs or income from the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the number of economically insecure people to 9.7 million Thailand’s economy is expected to be impacted severely by…
Tesco addressing migrant worker abuse at Thailand distribution centres Migrant workers at Tesco’s distribution centres in Thailand are being abused, according to an annual modern slavery statement from the UK-based company. Out of 187 migrant workers interviewed in Thailand, many had issues with unexplained and illegal wage reductions, excessive overtime hours, indebtedness through recruitment fees. Migrant workers at…
Thailand can strengthen its migration policies and systems to support sustained, innovation-driven growth, under its Thailand 4.0 strategy, experts concluded at a presentation of the recent World Bank report. Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore combined are home to 6.5 million ASEAN migrants, or 96 percent of all migrants in ASEAN, and Thailand alone accounts for more than…