Article 44 to be used to reduce impact of foreign labour law

The decision was reached during the NCPO meeting on Tuesday at Government House. According to General Chalermchai Sittisart, the articles to be delayed are 101, 102, 119 and 122.
The articles allow for heavy fines of up to Bt800,000 per worker and imprisonment if employers are found to have hired illegal foreign workers.
The NCPO Spokesperson Colonel Winthai Suvaree said that the NCPO agreed to issue “temporary measures” to delay the law so as to leave time for employers and foreign workers to adjust themselves accordingly.
He said the measures will also allow workers to travel to their home countries to adjust their documents to correspond with the new law. 
The Labour Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the Interior Ministry and police are in charge of the supporting measure, he said.
Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered Chalermchai and police chief General Chakthip Chaijinda to look out for corruption involving officials working on foreign labour management, including those overseeing checkpoints in Tak’s Mae Sot district, as requested by the Myawaddy governor in Myanmar, the spokesman added.