Chamber seeks government nod for hiring workers on hourly basis
The Thai Chamber of Commerce has proposed to the government to revise labour laws to allow hiring labourers on an hourly basis, chamber vice chairman Surong Bulakul said on Thursday.
He added that hiring on a daily basis with minimum wage payment rules does not fit well with the current virus-hit economic situation and the situation of the business sector.
Hiring on an hourly basis will help business operators save cost and provide more job opportunities to people and reduce their risk of being laid off. It will help business operators survive the economic crisis and they can immediately hire more employees during busy hours or during long holidays when they see rising numbers of customers, Surong said.
He said that the modern trade business needed to hire at least 5,000 people on an hourly basis but they cannot do so as they are prohibited by the law.
