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Amendments to Thailand’s Labor Protection Act to Come in Force Early 2019
An amended Labour Protection Act (“LPA”) was published in the Royal Gazette on April 5, 2019, after having been endorsed by His Majesty the King. The LPA has become effective from May 5, 2019, onwards. Below are summaries of the main revisions to the current Labour Protection Act (“LPA”):
Employers are required to pay 15 percent interest on money that they owe to employees for:
Employers must pay wages, overtime payments, payments for working on holidays, and payments for working overtime on holidays, at the same rate for both male and female employees who undertake work of the same type, quality, and quantity. Several penalties for employers that fail to comply with the provisions in the LPA have also been amended.
Edited by: Shreya Bhattacharya