Union wants new rules on TAT reshuffles
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Governor to seek board's review of criteria to plug loopholes
Suraphon Svetasreni, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, vowed to ask the board of directors next week to revise the recent reshuffling of 25 officials at C8-9 levels after meeting yesterday with the labour union.
At TAT’s head office on Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok, more than 150 TAT employees attended the closed-door gathering, where Suraphon showed them how transparent the review process was. All positions were considered under the same six criteria.
But unfortunately, there were 128 officials at the C-8 level with many qualified for promotions, leaving many of them unselected, he said.
Ability in the new job, such as management skills, is the top priority, followed by leadership, knowledge suited to the position, job experience, seniority as well as essential characteristics to fit with such a position.
Nattapong Sukkree, president of the union, was pleased with the meeting but urged the governor to add some criteria for promotion and relocation to strengthen the process in the future.
The governor agreed to set up a committee comprised of three parties – management, employees and the labour union – to draft regulations to plug loopholes.
The board will be asked to apply the new regulations to the recent 25 promotions and transfers to ensure that the selection process was clean and the staff were qualified to work at the management level. For example, vision should be shown.
Staff will also have to work at one level for a certain period of time to gain experience before being promoted to the next level.
The revised regulations will also be used with promotions of 30 C-7 officials to C-8 in the coming months to ensure that the right people are in the right job.
This will help standardise job promotions in the future and promote a career path for the next generation in the organisation.
If there is no response from the board, the union says it will move ahead more aggressively to protest against them.
Some TAT staff are also seeking legal action against the board members, seeking transparency.
