Thai garment workers win $8.3M in back pay after layoffs

More than 1,250 Thai workers who sewed bras for brands Victoria’s Secret, Lane Bryant and Torrid — and who were laid off last year without their legally required severance — …

Top Thai union leader ‘targeted’ with jail for rail safety campaign

One of Thailand’s most prominent union leaders is facing three years in prison for his role in organising a railway safety campaign, in a case described as the biggest attack …

Responsible Business in SEA- Japanese Business and Human Rights in Thailand

“In October 2020, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation launched a new project on business and human rights entitled ‘Enhancing Responsible Business Conduct’. The project aims to foster responsible business conduct of …

Thailand Orders Lingerie Maker to Compensate Workers in Rare Case

BANGKOK, March 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Thai lingerie manufacturer has been ordered by authorities to compensate more than 1,200 workers who were dismissed without severance pay and wages …

EU urged to demand tougher Thai labour safeguards before trade talks

The European Union should ensure that Thailand tightens its labour laws as a condition for resuming trade talks, rights groups and big companies said, accusing the country of doing too …

New law to protect Thai fishermen seen boosting child labour

Teenagers could work as unpaid interns on Thai fishing vessels in a proposed change to the law that activists fear will encourage child labour. An amendment to a ministerial regulation …

Thai airport staff sue over pay dispute as virus hammers travel sector

A group of Thai airport workers are suing a security company hired by state-owned Airports of Thailand (AOT), saying they were tricked into accepting worse terms with the threat of …

Thailand permits migrants to stay

Cambodian migrant workers living in Thailand will be allowed to stay there until March 2022, according to an announcement made by the Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday. Thai employers …

Thai Appeal Court decision on Mitr Pohl paves the way for Asia’s first transboundary class action on human rights abuses

Today, Cambodian plaintiffs representing more than 700 farming families won a landmark appeal allowing them to move forward with their class action against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. The …

VOICES FROM THE LITIGATION FRONTLINES: A webinar presented by the Human Trafficking Legal Center

Attorneys in Thailand have launched innovative strategic litigation to combat forced labor in supply chains, as well as sex trafficking.  Dornnapha Sukkree, an attorney in Bangkok, is in the vanguard …

July 23, 2020
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