BANGKOK, April 30 (TNA) – Starting tomorrow, new civil servants can expect a salary increase, and there will also be adjustments to the minimum pension rates.

 

Deputy Government Spokesperson, Radklao Inthawong Suwankiri, announced that this pay change, which was agreed upon by the Cabinet last November, will take effect from May 1.

 

The goal is to guarantee that those in positions that require a bachelor's degree earn at least 18,000 baht monthly, while those with vocational certificates should earn no less than 11,000 baht within two years.

 

Along with meeting the needs of new civil servants, the government is also paying attention to the welfare of retired civil servants. If a retiree's pension, combined with expense assistance for living, is less than 11,000 baht per month, they will receive an increase in their living expense assistance. This increase reflects the specified rates to match rising living costs.

 

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-- 2024-04-30

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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Starting tomorrow, new civil servants can expect a salary increase, and there will also be adjustments to the minimum pension rates

While we screw the real workers.

It is a career dream of many Thais to get a sinecure as a Civil servant in an A/C office where they get to lord it over the public whilst achieving nothing.

Estimated numbers of civil servants varies between 1.5 and 3 million. The largest employer in Thailand.

in other news minimum wage workers received a kick in the balls today.

 

 

 

personally I have no interest whatsoever in how much any  Thai gets paid  whether civil servants or not. and I cannot understand anybody who concerns themselves with this . The only exception would be those who employ Thais, obviously it's useful to know what the minimum you have to pay them is

53 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Estimated numbers of civil servants varies between 1.5 and 3 million. The largest employer in Thailand.

Estimated by who exactly?      who ever it was they have allowed a rather large margin of error  Sounds like somebody has just pulled a number out of a hat .  Totally worthless "statistic"

54 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Estimated by who exactly?      who ever it was they have allowed a rather large margin of error  Sounds like somebody has just pulled a number out of a hat .  Totally worthless "statistic"

 

 

Try this:

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/policies/40032690

 

And there are plenty more.

 

How do you know what margin of error they are supposed to have allowed? "Sounds like"? Totally worthless comment.

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

While we screw the real workers.

If "real workers" means private company employees, it would appear so within a 'short horizon' :

"TDRI study finds higher lifetime remuneration for civil servants" , date unknown tdri.or.th

• "Despite lower monthly pay, civil servants’ lifetime remuneration is higher than private companies’ employees, regardless of education levels
• The value of benefits gained by civil servants accounts for half of their lifetime income, while that of employees in private firms is relatively lower."

But TDRI seems to end with something of a reversal:

• "salary adjustments should be focused on high-ranking civil servants.
• The number of new civil servants with low skills should also be limited and their jobs should also be outsourced to private firms"

Was that 'have senior civil service get richer' at the expense of entry/lower level civil service ranks?

21 hours ago, bradiston said:

 

 

Try this:

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/policies/40032690

 

And there are plenty more

 

How do you know what margin of error they are supposed to have allowed? "Sounds like"? Totally worthless comment.

not as worthless as  "estimates from 1.5 to 3 miliion"  which is not even what it said in the link you provided!

Bit like me estimating my personal wealth as being between   £1 and £1.5 million which is technically correct but effectively useless  information

2 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

not as worthless as  "estimates from 1.5 to 3 miliion"  which is not even what it said in the link you provided!

Bit like me estimating my personal wealth as being between   £1 and £1.5 million which is technically correct but effectively useless  information

"As of March 2023, Thailand has about 3 million civil servants, 1.75 million of whom are government officials, while 1.24 million are employees of state enterprises, universities, hospitals, public organisations, or are temporary staffers."

 

Hence the spread.