Editor;
Re: Despite 53% wage hike, construction workers mark Labor Day with gripes over low pay (PM Friday, 10 May 2013) – The comments from Khun Ekachai are a concern as the Thailand Employment Act says employees are entitled to 13 paid public holidays each year but chosen from a list of 16 holidays published by the Thai government and that must includes the National Labor Day. If these workers are not getting the paid Labour Day holiday I imagine they are day labourers (informal workers) which make up 61% of the country’s 39 million-strong workforce.
John Le Fevre
