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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

...those convicted of having between 200 and 250 milligrams of alcohol in their blood...

200 milligrams is 4 times the Thailand blood alcohol limit (50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood).

So if you're very naughty you might have to stay home at night.

8 hours ago, ArranP said:

It is the bank. The bank gives them the money from my account. It does happen, it has happened to me twice.  The account is frozen and funds are withdrawn.

1. Change bank.

2. Just keep a minimum in the account. People can't take what you don't have.

1 hour ago, Media1 said:

They have no rights to say a box marked gift is not a gift.

They have every right, whether you like it or not.

It's also a public confession. Very difficult to retract.

TMB have frozen my account before, for inactivity.

No funds in or out for 1 year and it's auto-locked. You have to visit the bank in person with your passport, sign forms and make 1 transaction (deposit or withdraw 100 baht or whatever) then the account is reactivated.

1 hour ago, KittenKong said:

Rules need to be clearly formulated in English and published extensively for all to see.

We come from a background of legal precedent and certainty, and we see the value in knowing exactly where we stand. However with certainty comes inflexibility.

As you know, in Thailand the culture is built on compromise. Well defined and certain rules are inflexible, which makes compromise difficult.

There is benefit to both approaches. Knowing exactly where you stand is good, but then again so is flexibility.

Clearly formulated rules would require a culture shift by Thai people, which I don't think is going to happen.

Their system works for them.

On 08/04/2018 at 8:59 AM, THAIJAMES said:

To be a director of a company, means that you will need to sign documents.  In Thailand that requires a work permit.

Strictly speaking, a director may never have to sign documents if there are other directors who are able to sign.

In this case, however, I believe the OP wants to be an active signatory, so your advice is very sensible.

14 minutes ago, Airbagwill said:

One might also consider the methods and practicalities of culling....As yet no o be has posted a serious solution...apart from a picture of a gun....which really doesn't account for any of the practicalities

What do you think about how the Malays do things? It seems quite practical:

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/01/02/ops-targeting-stray-and-free-roaming-dogs-in-sarawak-to-start-on-jan-3/

13 hours ago, Crossy said:

The automated picture-through-the-post systems are very tight. I got a 1k Baht fine for 123 in a 120 limit (expressway coming north out of BKK).

 

As Jdiddy notes, when it's a copper all bets are off.

I had a fine for 121 in a 120 zone. 1,000 baht. Which means there is no tolerance at all.

1 hour ago, DJ54 said:

House,Car,Motos,Farm land and cows.

If you didn't get an official marriage certificate from the government you were never officially married. Which means what's yours is yours and what's hers is hers.

If you are thinking that's not fair because you paid for everything, that's how it is. As another poster said, all the things you bought were gifts. This is the downside of a village wedding.

2 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

But maybe you didn't give three written warnings?

The employee had over 6 written warnings in the previous 12 months. Our mistake was that they did not not receive 3 written warnings for the same type of behaviour. I was quite amazed when it was explained to me, but an employee can have 2 x written warnings for sleeping on the job, plus 2 x written warnings for giving too much change to customers, plus another 2 x written warnings for violent behaviour, etc - on and on. As long as they don't get 3 written warnings in 12 months for the same type of behaviour they will win at labour court.

The exception to this would be if the company had a very clear company handbook which specifically set out what is considered to be gross misconduct and the employee acknowledged those conditions as part of their employment at the beginning of their contract.

8 minutes ago, stud858 said:

Was that the correct lawful decision by the court if it was Gross Misconduct? Or was the GM charge dismissed as an excuse to sack the employee unfairly? I thought benefits were withdrawn if the employee causes a serious problem.

I was the manager who sacked the employee. Believe me, it was warranted and came after numerous documented disciplinaries, including for failure to follow written instructions; deliberately purchasing goods from unauthorised suppliers  (at a much higher cost); swearing at a line manager and threatening them with violence in public - and the list goes on.

The decision to fire the employee was sound. They were an awful employee and they really couldn't remain employed by the company. However the exact protocol as required by the Labour Court was not followed, hence we lost the case.

As I said, we got savaged. We didn't follow protocol and that's that. What the employee did or did not do had zero relevance.

That should be 50 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood.

You don't need your work permit.

The school will be summoned and will have to supply the documents to the Court anyway.

For future reference, always get a copy/scan of every page of your work permit.

@markusss

You want the Central Labour Court on Rama IV.

https://goo.gl/maps/XFarGqR8Jnq

Unless your Thai is good I suggest taking a Thai speaker with you.

@Pib Thank you for taking the time to write that post. The only thing is that foreign workers also have to pay income tax, which is a considerably larger sum per month. It was income tax that I mentioned in my previous post.

No problem, but it's going to be much easier to do with a customs agent.

Your company will need to be registered for paperless customs, which the agent can also sort for you.

51 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

I thought that the business electricity rate was more than that, not that I have looked at it at all carefully as I am on the domestic rate.

As I mentioned, my condo is billed 35B per unit for city water at the business rate, plus about 5B per unit as a waste treatment supplement, and other buildings I know of pay the same amount, so I dont know how your buildings are getting it for only 16B. Maybe it's a Bangkok thing.

MWA is cheaper than PWA: PWA also splits the country into zones, with price differences between zones.

https://www.mwa.co.th/ewtadmin/ewt/mwa_internet_eng/ewt_news.php?nid=309

http://en.pwa.co.th/contents/service/table-price

One development I know of in Rayong recently paid to change from a communal meter to individual meters for each residence. The same volume of water was used, but every residence paid less.

@KittenKong I've recently had to do the calculations for the the cost of water and electric for various Thai style apartments the company I work for owns in Bangkok.

Our cost price is roughly 16 baht for water and 5 baht for electric. We started charging these prices on the invoices we sent out on the 25th March (i.e. 1 month before the deadline).

These are for buildings with over 100 rooms, plus the usual ground floor commercial spaces, laundry, etc.

I would imagine all but the very biggest residential buildings would use less electric and water than us. If we pay that much, I don't think many landlords in Bangkok using MEA/MWA could reasonably charge more than we do.

To clarify, all our properties are billed according to the commercial tariffs for businesses.

@AlQaholic So for a salary of 100,000 baht a month paid for 20 years, how long would it take to receive the same amount of pension as you paid in income tax?

Is the average life expectancy in Thailand that long?

Enable international roaming on your phone. You need to call the phone company to do this.

1 minute ago, atyclb said:

worst case scenario.  would it not be wise to do a contract that details the obligations and minimum duration for the doctor. any decent contract contains significant penalty clauses

The problem about most contracts in Thailand is what are you going to do when the other party doesn't perform?

Court is expensive and time consuming. It's going to take about 10 years to get a final judgement, which you have to pay for every step of the way. At the end, there is little probability of actually receiving any money because any assets will long since have disappeared into children's names, etc.

Anyone looking to scam you already knows this.