Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541, amended (No.7) B.E. 2562

The Labour Protection Act (No.7) B.E. 2562 was published in the Government Gazette Vol. 136, Part 43 (a) on 5 April B.E. 2562. Key changes are as follows: A change of employer shall obtain the consent of the employees. An employee shall be entitled to leave to carry out necessary business of not less than three working days per year. A female employee who is pregnant shall be entitled to leave for prenatal checkups, included as part of a maternity leave period. The severance pay has been increased for employees who have worked for twenty consecutive years or more. Business relocation shall include moving the establishment to a new place or to another of its existing work locations. Employers shall fix wages, overtime pay, holiday pay, and holiday overtime pay at an equal rate for both male and female employees who undertake work of the same value, to meet international standards.