Employment Dept will help berry pickers sue their employers
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The Employment Department will help the 240 Thai workers - who allegedly did not get paid for picking berries in Sweden - take legal action against their employers.
Prawit Kiangpol, the department’s director-general, said the workers would be helped with filing lawsuits demanding outstanding pay at the Central Labour Court.
The workers had filed a complaint with the Labour Ministry, saying they had not been paid as per their contracts.
A total of 6,100 Thais were given berry-picking jobs in Sweden for two months via employment agencies. However, 240 of the workers were not paid according to their contracts.
The Nation
