ThaiBrat Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Thailand may face labour shortage before five years BANGKOK, Jan 24 (TNA) -- Successful birth control in Thailand may cause a shortage of labourers in the country in “less than five years,” warned a senior Labour Ministry official Sunday. Songsri Boonba, deputy director-general of the Employment Department, said a study by the Labour Market Research Division found that demand for labour in Thailand between 2010-2014 will increase every year, especially in the production, agriculture, industry and service sectors. It is estimated that demand for labourers in the country would be at least 38 million by then, but many workers who were laid off last year have now returned to the agricultural sector while fewer numbers of new graduates have joined the industrial sector, not as high as the 400,000-500,000 workers needed by the industrial sector as claimed earlier by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), Ms Songsri said. A number of industries now face worker shortages, she admitted. Workforce people in Thailand are aged between 40-59 but it is worrisome that the number of those aged between 25-39 who would replace aging people to retire soon have declined every year due to successful birth control. Last year alone, more than 200,000 people disappeared from the workforce system in Thailand, said Ms Songsri. If the situation does not improve, the production sector, especially the industrial will have to use more advanced technology to fill the shortage of workers, she said. “Concerned agencies such as the BoI (Board of Investment) and the Industry Ministry will have to promote industries which employ few workers but use high technology in order to cope with the current situation. If not, the worker shortage would become a severe problem within five years,” Ms Songsri said. (TNA) General News : Last Update : 17:24:21 24 January 2010 (GMT+7:00) link MCOT News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabianfred Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 They had better open things up for farangs and migrants then.... I don't know who is going to be working in the rice fields in another generation....the youngsters nowadays are a lazy lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 The labour shortage is already being felt today. Just look at industries like Fishing, rice milling, construction work and look at the number of Burmese nationals employed in this type of work. I have seen many burmese women working in Chiang Rai province. Those newcomers still wear sarongs, bycycle to work and have that characteristic Burmese powder crust on their cheeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermute Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 This doesn't mean they will hire farangs to make up the shortfall it just means lower end laborers from other countries will be needed more. In fact at the upper end of labor (managements, etc..) there will probably be a decrease in hiring expats because thais with college degrees who can do the same job for cheaper will have the advantage. There's little reason to pay a farang expat more to do the same job and most MNCs have been figuring this out for the past 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario2008 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 That is not necessarily caused by a labour shortage, but also by low wages. Foreign labour is often cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thailand-Fac...ml#entry3292355 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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