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THA-1985-L-37408
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Title_of_text
Employment and Job Seekers' Protection Act, B.E. 2528 [1985].
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Thailand
Subjects (Classification)
Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services
Adopted on (Date of text)
1985-08-17
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
พระราชบัญญัติ จัดหางานและคุ้มครองคนหางาน พ.ศ. ๒๕๒๘
Abstract/Citation
Subjects to a license requirement the rendering of domestic employment services as well as services in relation to the recruitment of workers to work abroad. The Act prohibits foreign employers from recruiting Thai workers directly. The Act sets out the conditions for obtaining a licence for exercising domestic and foreign employment services. The recruitment of workers to work abroad can only be exercised by companies where the manager is a Thai national. The minimum security deposit is 500.000 baht. Employment contracts for work abroad are subject to approval by the Director General of the Labour Department. Employment seekers may be subjected to prescribed physical examinations as well as selection and proficiency tests. Recruited workers are entitled to training about the legal and cultural traditions of the country of destination. The sending and repatriation expenses of the recruited workers are (implicitly) the reponsibility of the employer. The employment agency is responsible for the repatriation expenses in certain situations, inter alia, when a recruited worker is not given the job or the wage prescribed in the employment contract. On certain conditions, these expenses are recoverable from the Fund to Assist Workers Abroad established by the Act. The responsibility of the employment agency to arrange for the repatriation ceases if the recruited worker does not return to Thailand within 30 days of the expiry of the employment contract. The Act provides for measures to control its functioning and criminally sanctions violations against it. A Fund to Assist Workers Abroad is established and the Act regulates its financing, management and use.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1986-07-17 (THA-1986-R-3029)
Ministerial Regulation of 1986 respecting the activities which will expend money from the Fund to Assist Workers Abroad.
Implementing text(s)
1994-05-24 (THA-1994-M-39507)
Notification (No. 3 of 1994) of the Ministry of Interior prescribing rate of fees and expenses to be collected from job seekers.
Implementing text(s)
1993-09-10 (THA-1993-R-39508)
Ministerial Regulation (No. 8 of 1993) issued under the Employment Agencies and Employment Seekers' Protection Act 1985.
Implementing text(s)
1989-07-27 (THA-1989-R-39509)
Ministerial Regulation of 1989 respecting orientation of job seekers.
Implementing text(s)
1985-11-21 (THA-1985-M-39510)
Notification (No. 2 of 1985) the Minister of Interior respecting control of departure to work abroad.
Implementing text(s)
1986-01-10 (THA-1986-R-39511)
Ministerial Regulation of 1986 respecting advertisment of employment offers.
Implementing text(s)
1986-01-10 (THA-1986-R-39512)
Ministerial Regulation of 1986 respecting applications for permission to recruit or advertise for job seekers.
Implementing text(s)
1990-09-14 (THA-1990-M-39516)
Notification of the Department of Labour 1990 respecting application for approval as place for physical examination of job seekers going to work abroad.
Implementing text(s)
1990-08-07 (THA-1990-M-39517)
Notification (No. 2 of 1990) of the Minister of Interior respecting control of departure to work abroad.
Implementing text(s)
1986-01-10 (THA-1986-R-39518)
Ministerial Regulation of 1986 respecting change of manager.
Implementing text(s)
1987-03-02 (THA-1987-R-39519)
Ministerial Regulation of 1987 respecting administration and control of expenditure of the Fund to Assist Workers Abroad.
Implementing text(s)
1986-01-10 (THA-1986-R-39520)
Ministerial Regulation of 1986 respecting application for approval to take workers abroad.
Implementing text(s)
1986-01-10 (THA-1986-R-39521)
Ministerial Regulation of 1986 respecting permission to establish temporary office outside the licensed locality boundary and to recruit employment seekers from provinces other than the licensed province.
Implementing text(s)
1986-02-18 (THA-1986-R-39522)
Ministerial Regulation (No. 5 of 1986) issued under the Employment Agencies and Employment Seekers' Protection Act 1985.
Implementing text(s)
1986-02-18 (THA-1986-R-39523)
Ministerial Regulation (No. 4 of 1986) issued under the Employment Agencies and Employment Seekers' Protection Act 1985.
Implementing text(s)
1986-02-18 (THA-1986-R-39524)
Ministerial Regulation (No. 2 of 1985) issued under the Employment Agencies and Employment Seekers' Protection Act 1985.
Implementing text(s)
1985-11-29 (THA-1985-R-39525)
Ministerial Regulation of 1985 issued under the Employment Agencies and Employment Seekers' Protection Act 1985.
Implementing text(s)
1995-08-30 (THA-1995-R-43194)
Ministerial Regulation No. 11 (BE 2538).
Implementing text(s)
1995-08-30 (THA-1995-R-43195)
Ministerial Regulation No. 12 (B.E. 2538).
Implementing text(s)
1996-11-07 (THA-1996-R-46994)
Ministerial Regulation No. 13 (B.E. 2539) [1996] issued under provisions in the Job Placement and Job Seekers Protection Act B.E. 2528.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1994-06-26 (THA-1994-L-39527)
Job Placement and Job Seekers' Protection Act (No. 2) B.E. 2537 [1994].
Amending text(s)
2001-11-09 (THA-2001-L-62434)
Job Placement and Job Seekers' Protection Act (No. 3), B.E. 2544 [2001].
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1968-04-16 (THA-1968-L-18457)
Employment Agency and Jobseekers' Protection Act B.E. 2511.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Thailaws.com
Country
Thailand
URL
http://thailaws.com/law/t_laws/tlaw0071_3.pdf
File
THA37408.pdf (PDF)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Ministry of Labour, Government of Thailand
URL
http://www.mol.go.th
File
THA37408 Tha.pdf (PDF of Act in Thai)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Labour Laws (Revised 1994)
Publisher
International Translations Office
Place of publication
Bangkok
Country
Thailand
Date
1994
Page range
pp. 15-36