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Labour Ministry investigates businesses shut after pay hike

Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The Labour Ministry is investigating recent business closures to determine whether they were linked to the nationwide minimum wage hike.

Narumol Tarndamrong, an adviser to Labour Minister Padermchai Sasomsap, confirmed yesterday several business operators had closed their doors and laid off workers since the 300-baht daily minimum wage increase took effect on Jan 1.

"We will find out the true cause of their closures. They might have been affected [by the wage hike] or maybe they were having other unrelated problems," she said.

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HowIWish
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Discussion 4 : 15 Jan 2013 at 12.024
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Five manufacturers layed off 421 workers and closed their doors between 1st and Thursday? Would suggest their businesses were going broke before the 1st anyway and not caused by the increase. Company's moving to Myanmar because cheaper labour? What no cost of closing, relocating and set-up? Quite obvious why they are moving and its all to do with the money in their pockets and not the workers...R&D goes along way in businesses today...
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Discussion 3 : 14 Jan 2013 at 20.223
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I suggest any on against the 300 should try living on less for a while and see if you think the same after say 3 months.
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Discussion 2 : 14 Jan 2013 at 11.072
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the number of jobless in this nation will doubled if more workers are laid off due to this new wage increase law. The government were in a hurry to implement this law without proper negotiation with those employers to be affected. This problem is interconnected hence, all concerns should negotiate to address this side effects.
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Discussion 1 : 14 Jan 2013 at 10.531
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You know it is very unnatural for any businessman to go out of business, unless he or she really has to. And when an increasing number of them are doing that, something is seriously wrong. Kittirat said wage hike's good for businesses, I think this is what he really meant!
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