Food company finds following labour law pays dividends

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Food company finds following labour law pays dividends

 

File photo : Large number of undocumented foreign migrants leave Tak province recently following the new labour regulations.

 

BANGKOK: -- Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has vowed that its migrant worker recruitment and practice are in line with the country’s migrant labour law. And that, in turn, has resulted in a workforce confident about working with the company and with no intention of returning home, says a company executive.

 

Swang Suksri, CPF’s senior vice president for human resources, said that the company is committed to following the new migrant labour decree. This is in line with CPF’s policy to treat foreign workers fairly and equitably.

 

“CPF has employed migrant workers who adhere to new migrant labour laws, so foreign workers confidently work with the company,” Suksri said in a press statement.

 

CPF now employs about 8,800 migrant workers or 18 per cent of its workforce of 50,000 workers. Of the total, approximately 6,300 are from Cambodia and 2,500 from Myanmar. They work at both feed mills and food processing plants. 

 

The company says its recruitment policy has aligned with Thailand’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with neighbouring countries. CPF also shoulders recruitment-related expenses including application fees charged by authorised agents in their respective countries, training fees, medical checkup fees and work licensing fees.

 

All the company’s migrant workers hold employee status, entitled to equal pay and benefits enjoyed by Thai workers. These include medical expenses, insurance and annual pay hikes. They are accommodated in the company’s dormitories and transported to work premises by company buses. The company uses translators on the grounds to provide assistance and advice to migrant workers. CPF was recently bestowed a certificate from Cambodia’s Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, lauded as a model for best practices in the protection of migrant workers. 

 

CPF also upholds the policy to have all in the supply chain adopt the Good Labour Practices (GLP), aiming to lift the work conditions of workers at animal farms to international standards. This serves as assurance that migrant workers throughout CPF’s supply chain enjoy equal and fair treatment, in line with international human rights standards.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30320143

 

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[tomacht8]

CP is the greatest food company in thailand and a very influential and powerful company. I am sure that this company has no problems with the labor authorities, in contrast to small and medium-sized enterprises. 

Without corresponding connections, the application of a work permit is an endless paper war and depends on the daily whim of the official clerk.

Edited July 7, 2017 by tomacht8

[Chang_paarp]

Who would have thought that following the law and registering the immigrant employees correctly means these staff feel secure and do not have to run to the border every time a crackdown is announced. It also means when the rules change there is not the huge hurdles to jump as all the needed data is on file with the company, immigration and the labour department.

[yellowboat]

16 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

 Without corresponding connections, the application of a work permit is an endless paper war and depends on the daily whim of the official clerk.

It is nice to hear the CP treats everyone equally.  Good for them, but as stated so eloquently above, being legal in Thailand is just not worth the hassle.  The junta appears to be even more hostile to business not than before.  

[ericthai]

On 7/7/2017 at 5:05 AM, tomacht8 said:

CP is the greatest food company in thailand and a very influential and powerful company. I am sure that this company has no problems with the labor authorities, in contrast to small and medium-sized enterprises. 

Without corresponding connections, the application of a work permit is an endless paper war and depends on the daily whim of the official clerk.

Sorry dont agree with you.  Our company is not big and we never had an issue getting our work permits in the last 10+ years. All of my expat friends that work all have work permits and they too never have issues. Granted none of them work for schools.  Most companies that dont provide a WP are the ones that dont qualify or schools being cheap, dont want to spend 3000B.

[Zack61]

Do they deal in the fish trade? If so, how well do they scrutinise that part of their supply chain?