"farang" Minimum Wages

[Chalky]

Can anyone please advise where I can find the official/legal Thai guidelines for minimum wages for foreigners resident in Thailand.

I understand these depend on marital and living status so:

Have been moving with previous jobs (all with WP) around LOS since 2005, am under 50, have a Forces pension, not married (yet)

and we have a young child (also registered birth in UK).

Thanks in anticipation

[samuibeachcomber]

I dont think there is such a thing as a minimum wage,but i believe there is a minimum annual tax that has to be paid regardless of what salary your boss pays you.

[Mario2008]

Can anyone please advise where I can find the official/legal Thai guidelines for minimum wages for foreigners resident in Thailand.

I understand these depend on marital and living status so:

Have been moving with previous jobs (all with WP) around LOS since 2005, am under 50, have a Forces pension, not married (yet)

and we have a young child (also registered birth in UK).

Thanks in anticipation

The minimum wages for foreigners are the same as for Thais, depending on province but around 200 baht a day.

The minimum income requirement you are refering to are probably the minimum income requirements from immigration for extending you permission to stay based on employment. For a UK-national the requirement is 50,000 a month. With the understanding that there is no minimum requirement for teachers and memebrs of the media.

If you are married to a Thai national you can go for an extension of stay based on marriage. Then you must eiher show an income of 40,000 a month OR 400,000 in a Thai bank account in your name for 2 months prior to extending.

[Birdman]

Can anyone please advise where I can find the official/legal Thai guidelines for minimum wages for foreigners resident in Thailand.

I understand these depend on marital and living status so:

Have been moving with previous jobs (all with WP) around LOS since 2005, am under 50, have a Forces pension, not married (yet)

and we have a young child (also registered birth in UK).

Thanks in anticipation

The minimum wages for foreigners are the same as for Thais, depending on province but around 200 baht a day.

The minimum income requirement you are refering to are probably the minimum income requirements from immigration for extending you permission to stay based on employment. For a UK-national the requirement is 50,000 a month. With the understanding that there is no minimum requirement for teachers and memebrs of the media.

If you are married to a Thai national you can go for an extension of stay based on marriage. Then you must eiher show an income of 40,000 a month OR 400,000 in a Thai bank account in your name for 2 months prior to extending.

Do they also accept an account under my name and under the name of the wife?

[stonybonytony]

According to my lawyer, the minimum wage for employing foreigners is 30,000 baht a month, or at least as samuibeachcomber says, tax has to be paid as if you were paying them 30,000 a month.

[quiksilva]

The minimum wage for work permits varies according to nationality. As Mario said for a UK national its currently 50,000 baht a month.

[Mario2008]

Do they also accept an account under my name and under the name of the wife?

No, the money has to be in your name only.

[Mario2008]

According to my lawyer, the minimum wage for employing foreigners is 30,000 baht a month, or at least as samuibeachcomber says, tax has to be paid as if you were paying them 30,000 a month.

Your lawyer will not be able to find any such requirement in the labour rules. He will only find a requirement for a minimum income under the immigration rules. meaning you can get a WP on 10,000 a month, but not an extension of stay based on work from immigration. So with a 10,000 a month paying job you would need a stay on a (multiple) non-B in Thailand, without the possibility of getting an extension. But you do get a work permit.