Kin of Thais who died in Israel to be fully compensated

By Thawee Apisakulchat 
The Nation

 

The Royal Thai Embassy, Tel Aviv group// Thai Embassy

 

The Labour Minister has given orders for the families of two Thai migrant workers who died this month while legally employed in Israel to be given all the compensation and welfare benefits to which they’re entitled.

 

Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo announced the policy on Friday in a national video conference with ministry officials.

 

On the line with him were Monchai Dechapol, chief of the labour office in Nakhon Phanom, and Apichat Wongkalasin, who heads the employment office in that province.

 

Both men who died hailed from Nakhon Phanom and worked on farms in Israel. They died of heart failure just two days apart.

 

Natthachai Pongsao, 32, died on August 3 and Pornchai Phromchan, 43, died on August 5, according to the Minister-Counsellor for Labour at the Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv.

 

The flight bringing their bodies home was due to land at Suvarnahumi International Airport on Friday afternoon and the Labour Ministry has arranged for transport to their home province.

 

Natthachai’s relatives will receive Bt95,000 as his final month’s salary plus overdue pay, Bt40,000 in compensation from a fund for Thais working abroad, Bt10,176 from the Social Security Office, and Bt55,000 from the village funeral fund.

 

His healthcare insurance will cover all transportation costs.

 

Pornchai’s kin will receive Bt95,000 in salary and overdue pay and Bt40,000 from the overseas workers’ fund. Transportation costs for his remains will also be fully covered.

 

Both men were also each entitled to a Bt15,000 from a village assistance fund.

 

Also participating in the video conference were Natthachai’s wife, Wilaiwan Wong-u-padchai, and Pornchai’s father, Boonlert Phromchan.

 

They thanked the officials involved and advised anyone considering overseas work to proceed legally so they would be financially covered in the event of mishap.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30352359

 

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Will anyone come up with the real cause of death? Could be just coincidence but ...

Kin of Thais who died in Israel to be fully compensated

 

the families of two Thai migrant workers who died this month while legally employed in Israel to be given all the compensation and welfare benefits to which they’re entitled.

 

Not The Same.

i guess they were not required to have travel insurance when they left thailand and entered another country! But you can be sure the gov will twist this into just one more reason to require insurance for tourists and foreign workers here as they have shown numerous times in the past by taking drastic measures against foreigners for things related to something that happened to their own people. 

Poor people! It is not much compensation for the loss of a family member.

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Kin of Thais who died in Israel to be fully compensated

How is it possible to fully compensate a person or persons for a loss of a relative?

2 minutes ago, Get Real said:

How is it possible to fully compensate a person or persons for a loss of a relative?

To give the Family what they are due .

(Of course they didnt mean that they will get compensated for the death of a person , as in replace them with a clone)

19 minutes ago, sanemax said:

To give the Family what they are due .

(Of course they didnt mean that they will get compensated for the death of a person , as in replace them with a clone)

I know that too. Just that people find it so easy to use words in a combination, that they do not know the extent of or the full meaning of.

 

Maybe "Kin of Thais who died in Israel will recieve all welfare and benefits they are entitled to" would be better. Because they will damn sure not be fully compensated.

...foreign workers here ....and their families....should be so lucky...

On 8/18/2018 at 12:07 PM, Ombra said:

Poor people! It is not much compensation for the loss of a family member.

It's more than the brit families get when their loved ones are murdered in another country. 

On 8/18/2018 at 12:07 PM, Ombra said:

Poor people! It is not much compensation for the loss of a family member.

More than they would pay here which is zero