Labour Ministry speeds up tackling child labour problem

BANGKOK, 24 August 2014 (NNT) - The Labour Ministry is speeding its work to clampdown on the problem of child labour in a bid to convince the U.S. to remove Thailand from its watch list.

M.L. Puntrik Smiti, the Ministry of Labour's Deputy Permanent Secretary, said that the ministry has been urging cooperation from Thai business operators to abide by the Good Labour Practices (GLP), a major labour protection initiative for the seafood industry in Thailand.

The GLP is aimed at promoting legal labour practices that include the suppression on child and forced labour and the protection of labour in accordance with the code of law.

The Labour Ministry’s move is an attempt to appeal to the U.S. government to remove Thailand from its watch list.

M.L. Puntrik added that the Labour Protection and Welfare Office has prepared a list of businesses from various industrial groups which are ready to follow the GLP’s guidelines, in a move to help convince the U.S. to take Thailand’s shrimp, fishery, sugarcane and textile industries out of the list of countries believed to be involved in child and forced labour, when the U.S. Department of Labour reviews the issue in September.

She went on to say that Thailand’s recent registration of migrant workers has been perceived by foreign business operators as a move to show how sincere the country is when it comes to tackling human trafficking.

-- NNT 2014-08-24

2 1/2 hour published and no replies???

child labour- who cares.

nothing about booze,the Shin's,bar girls or other important stuff...

I thought that the previous Labor Minister took care of this problem. We were told the Pol. Capt. Chalerm had solved that problem. Or was that more ear medication talking?

Edited August 24, 201411 yr by tomross46

"... believed to be involved in child and forced labour"

They will never get it.

'fess up, fix it and move on.

Incapable...

Thailand has been very slow to grasp the fact that sanctions by the US and Europe are inevitable unless they tackle this and other human rights issues. However, this realization, however late, is a pragmatic response rather than an ethical one; the economy cannot take any further hits.

They could start with all the flower girls around the country.

Oh wait, that will never happen. Too many poo yais have their hands in the trafficking cookie jar.

Next pipe dream.

It´s an important job, I wish him luck!

As many Thais have said -- the world is not their father. So what do they care if Thailand is on the bad list.?....it's obviously because no one else can understand Thainess.

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Just another problem on top of other problems , there seems to be a antisocial path followed within the Asian community that seems to promote this sort of behaviour , very few Asian countries are excluded, the list is not only confined to Thailand, Asia and Africa must be the bane of the U.N. the unsettling factor is that this seems to be excepted within the moral fabric of Asian Society, I not only refer to Child Labour but , labour rorts on x border labour , human rights abuse, people trafficking , animal parts and smuggling , Kiddy porn and environmental damage , these are the top of the ladder anti social problems, not a good look for Thailand or Asia for that matter.

Anyone know if there is an actual Good Labour Practices guide published, and if so, in English? (Yes, I already know you can't employ and traffic in children; but if there is a guide, it could be useful to those of us who employ people here. I have the English translation of the Labour Code, but it is just the code without interpretation or guidance). Thanks!

I thought that the previous Labor Minister took care of this problem. We were told the Pol. Capt. Chalerm had solved that problem. Or was that more ear medication talking?

Exactly what I thought. He was probably too busy to solve the problem as he had to write all his notorious '90-day reports'