The Cabinet is delaying the recruitment of new civil servants, dissolving 11 job categories, and considering early retirement.

The Cabinet has approved measures to reform public sector human resources, delaying the allocation of new civil servant positions in all cases, eliminating 11 job categories after retirement starting in fiscal year 2570, and considering early retirement.

On August 11, 2569 at 15.22:XNUMX p.m. Ms. Rachada Thanadirek, Spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office. It was revealed that the government recognizes the importance of reforming the public sector human resource management system, given the country's fiscal status, with 70% of the annual budget allocated to personnel, a very high proportion. Furthermore, the government has many crucial missions that require budget allocation to drive national development.

Therefore, reforming the public sector human resource management system is essential. The Cabinet has resolved to appoint a committee to set targets and policies for public sector human resources, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilapraphan, to study approaches to reforming the public sector human resource management system, in accordance with the policy announced to Parliament.

Today, the Cabinet approved the proposal submitted by the committee as follows:

1. In the case of allocating new civil servant positions, all requests for the allocation of new civil servant positions should be postponed. Government agencies should maintain current staffing levels, manage existing personnel, and fill vacant positions only as necessary based on the results of announced competitive examinations/selection lists or those currently underway, in order to control the overall increase in the staffing quota.

This includes instructing the Standing Sub-Committee of the Ministry (Ministry of Public Sector Development Commission) to proceed as follows:

1. Consider abolishing the civil servant recruitment framework for academic positions at the operational/specialist level and general positions at the operational/specialist level that do not involve budget disbursement, effective October 1, 2567, except in cases where recruitment has already been announced. The decision to abolish these positions must be reported to the Committee on Setting Targets and Policies for Public Sector Manpower (CSPR) by December 2569.

2. Abolish vacant academic and general civil servant positions resulting from retirements in fiscal year 2570. These positions were previously replaced by other forms of employment (government employees) according to the proportions stipulated in the Public Sector Human Resource Management Measures (2566-2570), without being replaced by the government employee framework (except for medical and dental positions within the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, which require the recruitment of graduating medical and dental students, and for prison staff). This measure will cover the fiscal years 2571-2575.

3. Abolish 11 supporting job positions that do not require a civil servant employment model upon retirement, starting from fiscal year 2570 onwards. These positions include:

1. 1. Clerical Officer (specifically in the central government administration)
   2. Public Relations Officer
   3. communications officer
   4. Audio-Visual Education Officer
   5. Librarian
   6. Dredging engineer
   7. Printer
   8. Photographer
   9. Artisan
   10. Librarian [except in the case of the Fine Arts Department, Ministry of Culture (MOC)].
   11. News presenters and reporters.

To ensure that the reduction of staff in these support roles is effective and does not affect official operations, government agencies should gradually eliminate positions as incumbents retire and consider appropriate alternative employment models, while simultaneously planning and managing human resources in the long term.

Ms. Rachada further stated that the Cabinet resolution also instructs all government agencies to review their roles, responsibilities, and organizational structures to align with the staffing levels determined from the workforce freeze measures, and to implement the organizational restructuring measures without affecting work efficiency and public service.

This includes instructing the Civil Service Commission to develop policy proposals and related measures, such as early retirement measures and measures to delay promotion to higher positions. Furthermore, responsible government agencies should develop policy proposals on issues such as measures to support outsourcing, measures to enhance the efficiency of public sector operations through digital technology, measures to restructure government agencies and reduce duplication, and reform the pension and retirement system to suit the changing context of the country.

“This reform of the public sector human resource management system will help increase the efficiency of public administration, aiming to support the government in spending personnel budgets efficiently, having an organizational structure and staffing levels that are appropriate to the roles and responsibilities, and utilizing digital technology to enhance operational efficiency, which is in line with the current situation in the country.” Ms. Rachda stated...

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