PARTICIPANTS' COMMENTS
Employers’ representative
At present, the competent OSH authorities are supervised by 11 ministries under 21 laws. The decentralization at the provincial level to smaller local governments (tambons), furthermore, makes it difficult for employers to implement and comply with these laws. We may conclude that
- law enforcement is insufficiently unified;
- there is inadequate coordination among the competent authorities; and
- a working group drawn from the competent authorities is needed to unify policy, goals, and law enforcement.
Workers’ representative
In general, accessibility to competent authorities information such as OSH Act is poor, especially among SMEs. The requirement of OSH commitees at work which are bipartite but it tends to be less participate by the workers only the management level. In addition, OSH laws need strict enforcement. The need of co-sharing among The competent authorities should coordinate their efforts to make authoritative information accessible at any time.
The following items should also be noted:
More positive attitudes towards compliance with the law is needed among both employers and workers.
There should be ready access to OSH information even where, as among most SMEs, there are no unions. For instance, workmen’s compensation fund benefits are about 22 per cent to be available whether or not those benefits are applied to SMEs without union.
New legislation is not needed, but it is important that existing laws and improved and implemented more effectively.
Updated by SUT/TRS. Approved by BKL. Last update: 5 July 2001.