Labour Ministry Opens Work Permit Hotline

[george]

Labour Minister opens 'Hotline 1506' to serve the public

BANGKOK: -- Labour Minister Somsak Thepsuthin Wednesday launched 'Hotline 1506' for callers to ask about matters as varied as giving helpful answers to questions involving their working conditions to Ministry of Labour affairs. The toll-free hotline service operates seven days a week and 24 hours a day.

The labour minister said inquirers may dial 1506 to query regarding health care benefits, social security coverage, job openings and placement, immigrant workers and work permits, skills development training, and grievances or complaints about problems at their workplaces, among others.

People may not only lodge petitions affecting their personal interests but they can also provide suggestions for the Labour Ministry to consider, Mr. Somsak said.

With 120 telephone lines connected to Hotline 1506, Labour Ministry remains responsive to callers from 7am until 7pm weekdays and from 8.30am until 4.30pm on weekends and holidays.

Social Security Office secretary general Phairote Suksamrit disclosed that most callers asked about healthcare benefits. Eighty per cent inquired about health care and mnedical concerns, he said.

Some calls lasted only a few minutes while others were complicated and required a lot of time on the phone, he said.

The Labour Ministry currently is responsible for some 3.5 million working people nationwide.

--TNA 2005-08-10

[davethailand]

Is it a grass up line also?

[awarrumbungle]

Ok I'm confused.

The article first said it was a 24hour hotline.

It then went on to say the opening hours were 7am - 7pm weekdays and 8:3-am - 4:30pm on weekends.

Ali Wa?

Is this bad journalism or false advertising?

BTW where do these articles come from? Who writes them?