Thailand: Jaguar Steel pays USD$5500 to 2 Myanmar workers after terminating them without notice
" Two Myanmar migrants receive compensation after getting sacked", 13 October 2017
In a rare favorable turn for migrant workers, two Myanmar nationals reported being paid thousands of baht in compensation after they were laid off by a Thai steel factory...
Ko Tin Soe Lwin and his wife Ma Ngwe Tin were both laid off as part of an alleged staff downsizing at the Jaguar Steel Factory...
“They said they would offer compensation [as they needed] to reduce the number of workers. Since I have a 13 years of work experience, I received 100,117 baht (around US$ 3,020). My wife Ma Ngwe Tin has eight years of work experience so she received 82,239 baht (around US$ 2,480),” said Ko Tin Soe Lwin.
He added that they were given no advanced warning of the termination plans...
U Moe Gyo, chair of the Joint Action Committee for Burma Affairs (JACBA), said the compensation allotted...was in line with Thai labour laws and both sides were satisfied.
“This is the first time hundreds of thousands baht has been provided as compensation. Most [migrant workers] are struggling to get their unpaid salaries, which is around 4,000 or 5,000 baht, and unpaid overtime fees,” he said...