Court gives green light to wage hike
The government has been given the green light to raise the minimum wage on April 1, after the Central Adminis-trative Court yesterday refused to impose an injunction on the move.
Twenty-three firms asked for the injunction, saying that the Central Wage Committee had resorted to illegitimate procedures in ordering that the minimum wage be raised to Bt300 in seven provinces on April 1.
The court revealed that the Central Wage Committee had taken into account factors like the cost of living index, inflation, living standards, manufacturing costs, goods/services cost, productivity, as well as general economic and social conditions. The panel had also considered proposals from the sub-committee in charge of wages.
The Central Wage Commit-tee also considered opinions from a working panel chaired by a Bank of Thailand deputy governor and made up of experts and goverment and employee representatives.
The court ruled that the committee had followed required procedure and not resorted to illegitimate means.
