Who stole my pastry?

Au Bon Pain grumbles about labour woes

Published: 7 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Business

ABP Cafe (Thailand), the operator of the Au Bon Pain bakery and coffee chain in Thailand, plans to join with other food and beverage operators to seek assistance from the Labour Ministry in order to solve the current worker shortage.

Mr Salhani wants speedier approval of foreign workers by the government and the ability to include non-compete clauses in contracts.

The company wants the government to speed up the approval process for foreign employees, which normally takes about three to six months, said Nadim Xavier Salhani, the company's chief executive.

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djay
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Discussion 2 : 07 Feb 2013 at 20.432
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Let's see. The minimum wage law is causing workers to return to their home towns. So to find workers that will work for minimum wage, we have to get foreign workers. Okay, that makes sense. I guess just paying a little above minimum wage to attract workers is out of the question.
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Discussion 1 : 07 Feb 2013 at 03.361
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I smell an overheating economy.
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