All resources: Thailand

Occupational safety and health

Trade unions take a significant step forward to realise a safe and healthy working environment in Thailand

The ILO workshop empowers trade unions to strengthen workers’ participation in national and workplace-level occupational safety and health standards.

ADBI-OECD-ILO joint publication

Labor Migration in Asia: Fair recruitment, training, and development

This publication captures new and emerging trends in labour migration in Asia, with a focus on recruitment, training and development.

Leaflet

Know your rights at work in Thailand

Every worker in Thailand is entitled to safe working conditions, fair wages, adequate rest, respect and the right to organize. But many are still unaware of the rights and protections guaranteed by laws.

Ship to Shore

List of contractors and grant beneficiaries – Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia programme (2020–2024)

This document provides a public record of all contractors and grant beneficiaries under the EU-funded Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia programme (2020–2024) for contracts and grants above EUR 15,000.

Labour migration

Decent work and fair recruitment key to climate-resilient labour migration in ASEAN

Climate change is disrupting livelihoods and forcing more people to move within and across ASEAN. According to a new ILO brief, protecting migrant workers through decent work and fair recruitment is essential to build resilience and safeguard rights.

News

Thai senate advances workers’ rights through key dialogue with ILO

The Thai Senate Labour Committee visited the ILO in Bangkok to discuss ratifying ILO’s fundamental conventions on freedom of association and collective bargaining, reaffirming Thailand’s commitment to international labour standards.

Labour migration

Recommendations of the Thailand National Tripartite Preparatory Workshop for the 18th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (18 August 2025)

Thailand national recommendations for the 18th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

ILO brief

Climate change, environmental degradation and labour mobility in the ASEAN region

This policy brief explores cross-border movement related to climate change in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

Labour migration

Rights and Access to Remedies for migrant workers from Viet Nam to Japan

This information sheet provides essential tips for migrant workers from Vietnam to Japan.

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Accelerating South-South Cooperation towards decent work and common development in 2030

An inclusive approach to development remains key for post-COVID19 economic uncertainty in South-East Asia. The ILO ProSSCE-ASEAN project is actively working with partners in the region to support the Global Development Initiative and achieve decent...

Skills and employability

New initiative to boost green and digital skills in ASEAN construction sector

Focused on the Philippines and Thailand, the new ILO initiative with the Government of the Republic of Korea, will deliver green and digital skills training to young people, supporting a sustainable transition in ASEAN’s construction sector.

Op-ed

On the frontlines of crisis: it’s time to recognize domestic workers as essential

To mark Domestic Workers' Day, Kaori Nakamura-Osaka, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at the International Labour Organization, explains why an inclusive approach to labour and social protection for domestic...

Occupational safety and health

Thailand ratifies the Occupational Safety and Health Convention (No. 155) and the Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health...

Thailand is one of the ILO’s founding Members, joining in 1919, and has ratified 21 ILO Conventions and 2 Protocols to date.

Country leaflet

The ILO in Thailand

Training manual for trainers

Skills development and responsible business conduct

Fundamental principles and rights at work, skills for digital transformation, and skills for environmental sustainability.

Skills Development

Enhanced approach to work-based learning promotes skills development and decent work in Thailand’s automotive industry

Thailand’s Dual Vocational Training system enhanced in line with ILO standards on apprenticeships, with training developed to equip enterprises in the automotive industry to provide quality on-the-job training.

Policy brief

Mapping the social and solidarity economy in Thailand

This brief examines the contours of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in Thailand, emphasizing its contributions to decent work and sustainable development. It outlines relevant legal, institutional and policy frameworks, and identifies...

Tripartism and social dialogue

National industry dialogue fosters greater collaboration across Thailand’s evolving automotive manufacturing supply chain

Amid global shifts and growing uncertainty, the International Labour Organization (ILO) supports a National Industry Dialogue for a Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chain in Thailand to boost auto industry linkages and collaboration.

Op-ed by the ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Harnessing the digital revolution to build safer, healthier workplaces

To mark International Day for Safety and Health at Work, Kaori Nakamura-Osaka, International Labour Organization Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific explains how an inclusive approach to digitalization can help...

Thailand builds safer and healthier workplaces in the age of digitalization

On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Thailand reaffirms its commitment to create well-balanced working environments where technology enhances workers' safety and health.