164,000 workers not yet back to work after last year's flood crisis

BANGKOK, March 5 -- Labour Protection and Welfare Department Director-General Arthit Isamo said Monday that nearly 164,000 workers suspended from work due to last year’s devastating flood, have not yet returned to work.

Mr Arthit said however that employers confirmed they will resume their business operations and have no plan to lay off their 163,712 involuntarily idle workers.

Most employers cannot specify when they will be able to resume production because insurance companies have not yet verified their insurance claims.

The employers said they permit their idle workers to find other jobs while their plants remain closed for the time being and the employers still pay 75 per cent of their salary every month.

Workers suspended from work have complained about inadequate income, which does not cover their expenses.

According to latest statistics, 51,056 workers were laid off after the flood dealt a heavy blow to seven industrial estates in Thailand’s central provinces.

Some found new jobs and some of the unemployed workers receive benefits from the Social Security Office.

The director-general said he is especially worried about older workers who cannot find new jobs easily. The Department of Skills Development will offer them occupational training, so they can earn some money, while they await recruitment for new jobs, he added. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-03-05

Forget about all Thai worker that are out of jobs, lest buy ourselves Iphone and Ipads

In my village in the mountains of Tak province I saw today in the small "supermarket" a request for skilled workers for Chonburi.

Supervisor 1000 to 1400 Baht a day.

(Thai------) 700 Baht

(Thai------ ) 500 Baht

Helpers 350 Baht a day.

14 days because a building couldn't be finished.

No one could give me more information.

Lybia sent us the staff back, now Chonburi?

Get the young girls down to Pat Pong.... lots of work there..!

Here's a start

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/538397-thailand-short-of-construction-workers-after-myanmar-opens-its-country/

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Not everyone will be going back to work. I spoke to one Thai woman here in Chiang Mai who is looking for work and said that her factory has shut down permanently. It is too expensive to replace the machinery she was told. I don't know if that's true or not but I can see some factories closing. I hope it's not one Thai based insurance company that underwrites all of this or it'll go broke and then what?!

Incidentally, there are plenty of jobs around...but they don't pay great and the work is hard.