Housemaids entitled for day off per week, six vacation leave days a year
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The housemaids, Thais or immigrants, now are entitled to at least one day off per week and six vacation leave days per year, Department of Welfare and Labor Protection (DWLP) chief Pakorn Amornchewin said Tuesday.
The leaves are required by the Labour Ministry’s new regulation stipulated in the Labour Protection Act 1998, Pakorn said.
The regulation, in effect since November 9, gave housemaids, excluding those at cleaning companies, the seven additional welfares. They were; to have at least one day off per week, to have at least 13 traditional holidays including Labour Day, those maids with over a year in service to get at least six vacation days a year. It also allowed maids to have sick leave as needed -- up to 30 paid sick leave days
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