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Thai workers are in high demand! Italy is looking to recruit up to 3 people per year. The Thai government is accelerating the signing of an MOU.
Thai workers are in high demand! Italy has expressed a need for 20,000-30,000 Thai workers per year in the agricultural, healthcare, and service sectors. They are also accelerating the process of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on labor issues to open up opportunities for legal employment.52% of Thai workers want stable income and welfare, while 35% are concerned about high cost of living.
A survey by RealWatch Lab found that 52% of Thai workers want stable income and benefits, while 35% are concerned about high living costs but their income not keeping up with expenses.Thai worker dies in Israel; "Treenuch" orders strict care, expedited assistance for the family, and repatriation of the body to Thailand.
The Minister of Labour has instructed the ambassador to ensure the safety of Thai workers in Israel following a recent death, and to expedite assistance with their entitlements and coordinate the repatriation of the body to Thailand.The Ministry of Labour is preparing measures to accommodate Thai workers returning to the country, revealing that 954 people have already applied to return.
The Ministry of Labour revealed that there are 67,000 Thai workers residing in the Middle East, with 954 recently expressing their desire to return to Thailand. Measures are being prepared to care for and assist them.The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) reveals that while unemployment will decrease by 68, layoffs will surge by 18%. It warns of the need for rapid adaptation to compete with AI.
The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) revealed that in the fourth quarter of 2025, employment in Thailand decreased by 0.9%, with 39.8 million people employed and 280,000 unemployed. The number of unemployed individuals who had previously been employed increased by 18.1%.PwC points out that Thai employees are choking on the economic crisis with soaring debt of 48%, hoping that "GenAI" will be the key to rescuing them from the income and skills crisis.
The 2568 Hopes and Anxieties Index reveals that Thai employees face the most intense financial pressure on record; despite soaring incomes, they are struggling to make ends meet.Revealing 5 urgent policies of "Pongkawin", the new Minister of Labor, to create AI workers, increase wages, and control foreigners.
"Pongkawin" plants the flag, molds Thai workers into the AI era, pushes up wages, organizes foreign workers, hopes to solve problems and improve the quality of life of Thai workers after taking office as the new Minister of Labor.PM orders Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Labor to handle situation in Israel and Iran
PM orders Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Labor to cope with Israel-Iran situation, orders preparation of emergency response plan, must take care of Thai people in risk areas in all situations to the fullest extent62% of Thai workers use Generative AI to help with work and daily life
Jobsdb by SEEK reveals 62% of Thai workers use Generative AI in both work and daily life, making it one of the countries with the highest AI adoption in the world.PwC reveals 90% of Thai workers are doing well in Asia Pacific, indicating that 84% are most important in terms of wages
PwC reveals survey results of Thai workers in 67, finds 90% ready to accept change, above the Asia Pacific average, with 84% giving importance to fair wages, 64% seeing good compensation as increasing work efficiency
