Thailand: Employee Rights/ Labour Relations

Thailand’s cabinet has approved two draft amendments aimed at improving labor-related judicial proceedings. The proposed amendments to the Act on the Establishment of Labor Courts and Labor Case Procedure B.E. 2522 (1979) and the Act on Procedures for Human Trafficking Cases B.E. 2559 (2016) are intended to make the process more efficient, appropriate, and fair.

Is there a concept of redundancy - based on a shortage of work or other economic reasons as a justified reason to dismiss employees in your jurisdiction? If so, how is it defined?

On December 12, 2025, Thailand's Ministry of Labor published a ministerial regulation prescribing the minimum and maximum wages used as a base for calculating social security contributions.

Thailand's latest proposals to shore up its social security system for an aging workforce appears to have broader support, and would increase social security benefits and contributions.

On December 27, 2024, a new minimum daily wage rate in Thailand was published in the Government Gazette, taking effect on January 1, 2025.

Thailand has issued a series of regulations implementing the Employee Welfare Fund, which was established under the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541 (1998) (LPA) but had remained unimplemented since the law's enactment.

Thailand's recent removal of cannabis from the list of narcotics represents a significant development for the country, and it has some human resources teams wondering whether they should prepare certain measures in order to prevent detrimental incidents from happening in their organizations.

On October 3, 2022, Thailand's Ministry of Labour issued an announcement canceling the prohibition on lockouts and strikes, which had been in place since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although the Thai Government decided to relieve lockdown measures recently, certain areas and provinces are still considered not safe to travel to. Therefore, it is not uncommon at the moment for employers ...