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Female employees are entitled to maternity leave for 98 days,
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including holidays, but paid leave is limited to 45 days .
Employers are prohibited from terminating employment on the
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ground of pregnancy .
4.1.5 Special Rules applicable to young employees

The minimum age for employment is fifteen years old, but the
minimum age for dangerous and hazardous work is eighteen years old.
Workers who are below eighteen years of age are prohibited from
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working overtime, working on holidays and from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. .
Young employees are entitled to a daily rest period of at least an hour
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after working four consecutive hours

4.1.6 Minimum daily wage
According to the Announcement of the Commission on wages no.10
concerning the minimum wages, the minimum daily wages effective from
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1 January 2020 is shown below.
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Table 5 Minimum Daily Wage from 1 January 2020
No. Number of Minimum Wage Area
Provinces (THB/ Day)
1 2 336 Chonburi and Phuket
2 1 335 Rayong
3 6 331 Bangkok, Nakhonpathom, Nonthaburi,
Pathumthani, Samutprakan, and
Samutsakhon,
4 1 330 Chachoengsao
5 14 325 Krabi, Khon Kaen, Chaingmai, Trat,
Nakhonratchasima, Ayutthaya,
Phangnga, Lopburi, Songkhla,
Saraburi, Suphan Buri, Suratthani,
Nongkhai, and Ubonratchathani

112 Section 41, 59 Labour Protection Act
113 Section 43 Labour Protection Act
114 Section 47, 48 Labour Protection Act
115 Section 46 Labour Protection Act

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