MikeandDow

not making claims just stating the law and that there are thousands of post on here in regard to this and again i am not your lackey so go away!! come back when you can disprove the law

that list is not official from Nation news paper and if you read it is trimmed so post a definitive list "List of jobs reserved for Thais trimmed (nationthailand.com)" I keep saying read the official labour laws the ministry has a web site if you can find try Thai law firms like Siam they have the law in regard to expats work permits if you go on the web page of the ministry you will find the Thai definition of work The term “work” in Thai law is defined very broadly, covering both physical and mental activities, whether or not for wages or other form of compensation. Even volunteer or charity work requires a work permit in Thailand i could not careless What you think i will not do your research for you , they is one thing i must point out you should not believe everything that is posted in news articles do your own research oh and by the way you should read the forum rules in regard to bold print and large fonts have reported it for you

its not my opinion it is Thai law read the above posts i list thai definition of work and the list of thai protected jobs you can do your own research there are plenty on this forum i am assuming you know how to use the search in here read the defintion of work the thais use end of story

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read the post do your research i am not your lackey !!

You are the one who is confused The term “work” in Thai law is defined very broadly, covering both physical and mental activities, whether or not for wages or other form of compensation. Even volunteer or charity work requires a work permit in Thailand. go look at the Thai labor laws i think that is quite clear i don't care what you do working as an expat without a work permit you are breaking the law And your friend may have built his home fine!! but he broke the Law and i think it is you living a life of fear waiting for the police come knocking if you want to laugh and joke go ahead but i am not the one breaking the law by working with out a work permit nor am i working on jobs reserved for Thais Remember it only Takes one person to complain and you are deported

Glad you think it nonsense but it is the LAW

I think you will be deported like many others who work without a work permit The term “work” in Thai law is defined very broadly, covering both physical and mental activities, whether or not for wages or other form of compensation. Even volunteer or charity work requires a work permit in Thailand. go look at the Thai labor laws are you one of theses persons Exemptions from Work Permits The following are exempt from work permit requirements: Members of the diplomatic corps Members of a consular mission Representatives and officials of the United Nations and its specialized agencies Personal servants from abroad employed by any of the above Persons who perform duties or missions under agreement between the government of Thailand and another foreign government or international organization Persons who perform duties or missions for the benefit of education, culture, arts, sports, or other activities as may be sanctioned by royal decree Persons with special permission from the government of Thailand to enter and perform duties or missions in the Kingdom To be able to legally work in Thailand the foreigner must have a valid visa and a work permit issued in his name. Secondly, foreigners are only allowed to perform work that does not violate the Alien Employment Act (i.e.not engage in work prohibited for foreigners). What the foreigner is allowed to do and where under his work permit is described in the work permit. For example, foreigners working for 2 different companies doing the same work, must have 2 work permits, one for each company. Under Thai Law foreigners are prohibited to engage in any of the following occupations Manual work Work in agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry or fishery excluding specialized work in each particular branch or farm supervision Bricklaying, carpentry or other construction works Wood carving Driving mechanically propelled carried or driving non-mechanically-propelled vehicle, excluding international aircraft piloting Shop attendance Auction Supervising, auditing or giving service in accountancy excluding internal auditing on occasions Cutting or polishing jewelry Haircutting, hairdressing or beauty treatment Cloth weaving by hand Weaving of mate or making products from reeds, rattan, hemp, straw or bamboo pellicle Making of Sa paper by hand Lacquer ware making Making of Thai musical instrument Niello ware making Making of products from gold, silver or gold-copper alloy Bronze ware making Making of Thai dolls Making of mattress or quilt blanket Alms bowls casting Making of silk products by hand Casting of Buddha images Knife making Making of paper of cloth umbrella Shoemaking Hat Making Brokerage or agency excluding brokerage or agency in international trade business Engineering work in civil engineering branch concerning designing and calculation, organization, research, planning, testing, construction supervision or advising excluding specialized work Architectural work concerning designing, drawing of plan, estimating, construction directing or advising Garments making Pottery or ceramic ware making Cigarette making by hand Guide or conducting sightseeing tours Street Vending Type setting of Thai characters by hand Drawing and twisting silk-thread by hand Office or secretarial work Legal or lawsuit services Building you own House is Prohibit Architectural work concerning designing, drawing of plan, estimating, construction I think you will find that the DIY guys have work permits but building a house is prohibit unless there is no Bricklaying, carpentry or other construction works ect but go ahead i will not be the one deported

I am not disagreeing with you per say i am the same as you married to a thai and have family ect maybe i am pessimistic but i have been here a long time and all i can see is things getting worse and how thing are not going to change no matter how hard the Thai try, I am a Quality and safety Manager for the mining Industry and I am appalled at the quality and safety here Things will NOT change until the attitude of the people change, years ago Australia had the attitude "she'll be right" the quality stank, no pride in the workmanship, no interest in safety but the government at the time saw they were losing out to the Japs on big contracts because of poor quality and safety, so what the Government did made it law that All Contractors wishing to Tender for any work from the government and oversea they had to Improve safety to above International Standards and Had to have a Quality system in place and Approved by Australian standard and ISO Now Australian Safety And Quality is best in the world My point is The Attitude Change of the Working guys they took pride in the work looked after safety of a mate so until the government changes the working guys Attitude nothing will change here and Now they have an opportunity to change by increasing the Daily wage, not 400 baht but a decent wage sure the price will go up of everything but so will the pride of the worker instead of going backward Thailand can look forward, so as you said you have been here 20yrs you can see the other big problem the HISO they will never change making tooooo much money so I think me and my pessimistic view point is right unfortunately

simple answer YES

search in here there are a lot more there is also another i remember in phuket guy painting the hull of his boat i found them on here a long time ago just remembered when this topic came up

The term “work” in Thai law is defined very broadly, covering both physical and mental activities, whether or not for wages or other form of compensation. Even volunteer or charity work requires a work permit in Thailand.

What has happened here the employer has not paid his share to the boss simple and if you don't live in the states why do you care

lots of car crashes lately any reason ???

The laws have softened over the years but yes no work without work permit the labour dept is very help full if i was going to say paint my house and i would get in touch with them and ask if it ok or what permit do i need simple

You need to read the labor laws and the thai definition of work by the Thai ministry it has been softened over the years the jobs you describe require a work permit people have been fined and deported for less jobs one case i remember the guy was sitting outside painting a dog kennel he was deported

you need to read the labor laws working on anything with out a work permit is a criminal act seen plenty of guys gone for cutting the front lawn, changing light bulb there are plenty of posts on here about the exact same thing use the search read the definition of work in Thailand

makes no difference no work permit he is out

Does not matter if he was working for himself or paid work if he did not have a work permit then he is a criminal

There are thousands of post on this forum regarding exactly what you are posting use the search but in a nutshell if you are working you are not allowed without a work permit over the years its a bit more relaxed but i would check if you intended to do anything people have been fined and banned for cutting the front lawn

yes your post understandable and a fair question what is regularly a risk management assessment should be done each day but that is western safety policy here !!!!! Safety here costs Money

Think you are twisting things, Assumption a willingness to accept something as true without question or proof: I think you are not a Police investigator (just the King of Assumptions) everybody on this forum is allowed to have there own options even you !! and calling other poster names it goes against the forum rules and spoils the discussion as far as this goes its best left to police investigators to find out if he was wearing dark glasses or not just bear in mind 2 people lost their lives

Seems pointless asking the question as i already believe you know the answer as every one here does please read forum rule about bold post

Never happen !! you can see as much as you like you are in Thailand or are you one of theses posters oversea afraid its the Thai way

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