webfact Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 The Cabinet approves the daily minimum wage hike by Bt5-Bt6 The Cabinet on December 11 approved the minimum wage increase according to the proposal by the National Wage Committee. In spite of the promises made by political parties before the general election, the minimum wages nationwide will increase by Bt5-6, pushing the minimum wages to Bt313-336 Baht per day. The daily minimum wages will increase by six baht for nine provinces and five baht for 68 provinces. Thailand’s minimum wage varies, depending on the cost of living in respective provinces. The new minimum wage is average Bt321.09 per day, compared to the old rate of Bt308-330 per day or an average Bt315.97. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/the-cabinet-approves-the-daily-minimum-wage-hike-by-bt5-bt6/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-12-12 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Wow! 5-6 baht! party time! everyone bring that half bag of khao plao! Dancing in the Soi til the cows come home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Looks like a qualified Thai assembly plant in the photo. Especially the high quality of the special tools hits the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 An insult... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadeeken Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 OMG..... OH MY BUDDHA.... And the Prime Minister will 'Brag It up' like it is one of the 'many' things that HE has done for the poor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasThBKK Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 18 hours ago, DrTuner said: Looks like a qualified Thai assembly plant in the photo. Especially the high quality of the special tools hits the eye. Reminds me of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 19 hours ago, Emdog said: Wow! 5-6 baht! party time! everyone bring that half bag of khao plao! Dancing in the Soi til the cows come home. Up here in rural Khampaeng that means a whole 100 baht for an 8 hour day at 5 days a week. That is enough for only one person to have one extra meal at a roadside stall per week. I have no doubt that SME owners will be coming along soon moaning about how hard life is and perhaps threatening to lay off staff and shut down businesses. If you have a company with only 10 workers or less it will cost you 1,000 baht per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 20 minutes ago, ThomasThBKK said: Reminds me of this. Been there and done that a few time when I were a lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadeeken Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, billd766 said: Up here in rural Khampaeng that means a whole 100 baht for an 8 hour day at 5 days a week. That is enough for only one person to have one extra meal at a roadside stall per week. I have no doubt that SME owners will be coming along soon moaning about how hard life is and perhaps threatening to lay off staff and shut down businesses. If you have a company with only 10 workers or less it will cost you 1,000 baht per month. How are you calculating????? At a 100 baht per 8 hour day????????? "Minimum wages nationwide will increase by Bt5-6, pushing the minimum wages to Bt313-336 Baht per day." (Copied from original post)..... That is USD$9 per day's pay..... 5-6 baht is 'PER DAY'........ Not per hour...... Pity the poor.... This present Junta Gov't only cares about Military and Rich Folks.... NOT THE POOR FOLKS working for this wage.... IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.... This wage is what they pay their servants, maids and chauffers... you don't think they want to spend more of 'their' (the rich folks) hard earned money on their servants, do you.... that is why the current 'junta' PM and all other Gov't officials don't want the 'Daily Minimum Wage' to go up HIGHER....... IF it goes up then They have to pay MORE MONEY for their servants.... May Buddha Bless this present Gov't (military regime).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 43 minutes ago, sawadeeken said: How are you calculating????? At a 100 baht per 8 hour day????????? "Minimum wages nationwide will increase by Bt5-6, pushing the minimum wages to Bt313-336 Baht per day." (Copied from original post)..... That is USD$9 per day's pay..... 5-6 baht is 'PER DAY'........ Not per hour...... Pity the poor.... This present Junta Gov't only cares about Military and Rich Folks.... NOT THE POOR FOLKS working for this wage.... IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.... This wage is what they pay their servants, maids and chauffers... you don't think they want to spend more of 'their' (the rich folks) hard earned money on their servants, do you.... that is why the current 'junta' PM and all other Gov't officials don't want the 'Daily Minimum Wage' to go up HIGHER....... IF it goes up then They have to pay MORE MONEY for their servants.... May Buddha Bless this present Gov't (military regime).... Do you truly not understand how I got there? Step 1 First the daily wage is 300 baht , at least here in rural Khampaeng Phet. Even if it 313 baht per day it is STILL 5 baht per day or 25 baht per 5 working days a week. Step 2 5 baht PER DAY comes to 25 baht per 5 working days a week. Step 3 At 20 working days per month that would equal 20 time 5 baht which comes to 100 baht per month. That was not too hard to work out even using mental arithmetic and not a calculator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushidoona Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 A single packet of Mama noodles can be had for 6 baht, or so my wife tells me. So there is a glimmer of light in this announcement. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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