Jobs forbidden for foreigners - Labor ministry says law is out of date and there will be changes

[snoop1130]

Jobs forbidden for foreigners - Labor ministry says law is out of date and there will be changes

 

 

The Labor Ministry as admitted that laws relating to what jobs should be reserved for Thais are well out of date.

 

The ministry is therefore in the process of reviewing the 39 occupations to see which ones should be possible for foreigners to do in the future.

 

A list of the forbidden 39 jobs was posted by Thaivisa at the weekend.

 

It included hat and doll making, various jobs in construction like bricklaying and carpentry - even rolling cigarettes. 

 

Various jobs associated with driving, the law and other manufacturing was also off limits.

 

In fact the only things that non-specialists could engage in were manual labor and housework.

 

Ministry spokesman Woranon Peetiwan said that a consultative process would decide what jobs needed to be opened up to foreigners.

 

He noted that many on the forbidden list Thais did not want to do anyway.

 

Changing the list would also encourage investment. Investors would be attracted by the possibilities of an easily available and willing labor source.

 

He cited the construction sector as an area that is particularly out of date. He said that foreigners are only allowed to be laborers but it is not sensible that, for example, they are not allowed to be bricklayers.

 

He noted that was a dying art in Thailand.

 

Woranon also announced that 100 job centers are set to be opened nationwide for fifteen days from July 24 to August 7th.

 

The ministry wants illegal workers to register and be registered by employers. An amnesty has already been announced in Thailand to enable this to happen easily.

 

The job centers will be places where employers can register their workers and suitable places with lots of parking are being organized by provincial governors.

 

Eleven centers are being set up in Bangkok alone to cope with the estimated 300,000 foreign workers in the capital.

 

Nationwide that figure is thought to be another 1.5 million.

 

Woranon said that the centers in Bangkok would be able to cope with processing 2000 each per day during the 15 days of operation.

 

Source: https://www.thairath.co.th/content/1009854

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-7-19

[ukrules]

I literally can't wait to see how they <deleted> this up, I'm almost certain that whatever they change it will be to the detriment of the country as a whole.

Edited July 19, 2017 by ukrules

[Bluespunk]

7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Woranon said that the centers in Bangkok would be able to cope with processing 2000 each per day during the 15 days of operation.

Yeah, right. 

[lungbing]

They are going to add people smuggling to the list.

[Moonmoon]

Its about time, my Thai security guard at my condo was getting tired of rolling my ciggarettes for me...

[Cadbury]

24 minutes ago, ukrules said:

I literally can't wait to see how they <deleted> this up, I'm almost certain that whatever they change it will be to the detriment of the country as a whole.

They have never managed to get anything right so far. Why should this be an exception? This will end in tears for Thais and foreigners; nothing surer.

Despots at work I am afraid.

[greenchair]

I'm surprised  bar worker is not on the list.

[bornredi]

the thais are their own worst enemy, many people do not want to move to a country to just retire and  sit  and drink all day, they want to be active and start and run a business and pass on their skills to others

[lanng khao]

Looks like the old artists in burnt clay(bricklayers) are getting the green light, show these Bengal lancers how to build straight and plumb.

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[SoFarAndNear]

Should give foreigners with thai wife and children more possibilities like no foreign/thai worker quota. So you can at least work legal for the own family business.

[lanng khao]

Biggest mistake you will ever make in Thailand.
 
My advice would be ONLY to come here to sit and drink all day, preferably with a 20yo on your lap. 
 
Chok dee!

God bless ya father, suppose you'd be up for a sprinkling of holy water on their face aswell...

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[Pinot]

21 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

They have never managed to get anything right so far. Why should this be an exception? This will end in tears for Thais and foreigners; nothing surer.

Despots at work I am afraid.

That's so funny...I've used that same expression, "this will end in tears..." on another subject. They make terrible decisions...consistently. 

[Pinot]

18 minutes ago, bornredi said:

the thais are their own worst enemy, many people do not want to move to a country to just retire and  sit  and drink all day, they want to be active and start and run a business and pass on their skills to others

Yeah, but that's not what they want. Their incomprehensible rules. 

[cyberfarang]

6 minutes ago, SoFarAndNear said:

Should give foreigners with thai wife and children more possibilities like no foreign/thai worker quota. So you can at least work legal for the own family business.

Would be a disaster in practice.

 

Be open to all kinds of abuse. Marriages of convenience, sham marriages to be eligible for business ownerships and employments or just to be able to obtain non O visas and stay long term in the country, for the under 50s or those who don`t have 800000 baht for retirement extensions. I have no doubts this is already happening on a huge scale.

[MarkusAUST]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Eleven centers are being set up in Bangkok alone to cope with the estimated 300,000 foreign workers in the capital.

 

Nationwide that figure is thought to be another 1.5 million.

 

Woranon said that the centers in Bangkok would be able to cope with processing 2000 each per day during the 15 days of operation.

So in 15 days they can process 30,000.What about the other 270,000 in Bangkok alone? And the other 1.2 Million elsewhere? Where do they queue up to do it?  These people really are unable to think their way through the logistics of a problem.

[phuketrichard]

Personally i think "Hooters" is behind the wanting a change as they can not find qualified thai lady's  to work

[trainman34014]

This calls for another 'committee' to 'probe' into the matter.....i've heard the lunches and expenses are very good !

[naboo]

9 minutes ago, MarkusAUST said:

So in 15 days they can process 30,000.What about the other 270,000 in Bangkok alone? And the other 1.2 Million elsewhere? Where do they queue up to do it?  These people really are unable to think their way through the logistics of a problem.

11 centres in Bangkok. So 330k capacity.

[Dave67]

How many mats can a mat maker make?

[janclaes47]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

The Labor Ministry as admitted that laws relating to what jobs should be reserved for Thais are well out of date.

 

The ministry is therefore in the process of reviewing the 39 occupations to see which ones should be possible for foreigners to do in the future.

 

So I assume will soon see a list that is at least twice that long, because after all the Thais are the best in everything.

[shanesox]

A rather inward looking country, as if we didn't know


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[WhizBang]

16 hours ago, greenchair said:

I'm surprised  bar worker is not on the list.

It likely will be. 

 

I would not be surprised to see computer work off limits too.

[zd1]

The rolling cigarettes is a bit ridiculous, I prefer roll ups to tailor made  in fact I don't like tailor made cigarettes at all.

In my many years of smoking I have discovered that I now make a perfect roll up and to teach somebody to do it the same way as me would take a lot more time and effort than doing it myself, plus I would be teaching them to do it so could violate my visa, maybe I could get a work permit for cigarette rolling teacher, I could start an academy could make millions.

[WhizBang]

15 hours ago, phuketrichard said:

Personally i think "Hooters" is behind the wanting a change as they can not find qualified thai lady's  to work

 

Just what I want to do.  Sit in Hooters ogling large breasted Russian women, while eating a $20 hamburger.  I won't even eat those overly expensive hamburgers when the ladies are Thai.  At least the Thai ladies are attractive, and mostly friendly.

[roamer]

Oh ye of little faith, I mean it's hardly likely they will remove hat and doll makers from the list but add something like say, English teachers to it is it ? On second thoughts.....

[Thaiwrath]

They should add to the forbidden list..........

"making a <deleted> out of yourself on Yutube videos !" 

Edited July 19, 2017 by metisdead
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[klauskunkel]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He noted that many jobs on the forbidden list Thais did not want to do anyway.

Changing the list would also encourage investment. Investors would be attracted by the possibilities of an easily available and willing labor source.

Yay! Let's invest in Thailand's abundant labor source that doesn't want to do many jobs. A classic labor ministry statement.

[maewang99]

Woranan says the policy criteria is whether it's something a Thai would like to do or not.

the government in Thailand is very good. they always want the Thai people to be happy. if they ain't, that's their fault but the government always has the happiness of the Thai people in mind..... and nothing else hardly at all.

As an American.... I am especially envious... especially now.

the only other new thought I have on this.... hey! some stuff can be very successfully translated and communicated from Thai into English. this one surely is.




 

Edited July 20, 2017 by maewang99

[Somtamnication]

It will never happen. Mob rules this country.

[inThailand]

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

I literally can't wait to see how they <deleted> this up, I'm almost certain that whatever they change it will be to the detriment of the country as a whole.

Yup, this sounds like another knee jerk initiative and will result in a complete cock-up.

 

Can we thank Nate for this?