Garment factory closed, severance pay for employees
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand
SAMUT PRAKAN, July 19 (TNA) – A garment firm, Thai Silp South East Import Export Co, will shut down its factory on August 7 due to heavy loss and offer severance pay to about 6,000 employees, Labour Minister Apai Chandanachulaka said Thursday.
About 200 policemen were on guard as employees peacefully rallied outside the factory in Bang Phli district of the Bangkok’s outlying province.
Sakda Thepcharoenniran, chief of the Samut Prakan branch of the Labour Protection and Welfare Deparment, said the company would hand out a portion of the total severance payment while the rest would be paid after it manages to sell its properties.
The labour minister said about 6,000 jobs would be available in Samut Prakan areas for the laid-off workers while nearby provinces and Bangkok would have several thousand jobs for them.
Meanwhile, Director of Labour Relations Office Arthit Isamo, said Tops Supermarket, an affiliate of Central Food Retail Co, planned to lay off a number of employees at some of its outlets.
He pointed out that it would be against the law if Tops management orders employees to resign. He advised employees to file complaints with the department if they are forced to resign.(TNA)-E008
