Thailand LABOUR LAW SURVEY
(as reported on Asia Women Workers Newsletter January 1997)

1. Maximum Working Hours
8 hours/day

2. Minimum Wage
US$5,5 per day

3. Night Work for Women Workers
No

4. Overtime Work for Women Workers
Not more than 24 hours/week

5. Menstruation Leave - Wheather need special application
No

6. Maternity Protection:

     6.1. Length of leave
     90 days

     6.2. Payment during leave
     Full pay

     6.3. Who pay for it
     Under Social Security Law, employer pay half and government pays half

     6.4. Any laws prohibiting employers from dismissing the pregnant women workers
     No

     6.5. Any laws allowing women workers who are more than six months' pregnancy shift to lighter work
     No shift to lighter work

     6.6 Any other provisions
     Maternity benefit is available for two children only

7. Comments on the Overall Implementation of the Labor Laws
?

8. Ratification of selected ILO Conventions (45,87, 89, 98, 100, 103, 111, 122, 140, 142, 156, 171, 177)
122


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