Operators hiring children aged 15-18 must report employment to labor inspectors

 

BANGKOK, 9 June 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Labor Protection and Welfare has instructed all operators to report any employment of child labor aged between 15-18 to labor inspectors within 15 days after beginning work. 

Labor Protection and Welfare Department Director-General Sumate Mahosot disclosed that the Labor Protection Act 1998 prohibits employers from hiring children under 15. For the employment of children aged 15-18, employers must report such employments to the labor inspectors within 15 days. Failure to comply will result in a criminal offense. 

However, children are still allowed to help out their family businesses, as this type of employment is not considered a crime. 

For more information, please call 0 2245 7170 and 0 2246 6389 or the Hotline 1546.

 

-- nnt 2017-06-09

What they "must" report and what they will or won't report are two different things. Underage children still run all over the place on motorbikes when the law says they shouldn't. TiT.