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The employees with social security registration may file claims for
compensation in case of injury, illness, disability or death that is not due
to the performance of their work uppercase of child delivery, child
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welfare, old age pension, and unemployment .
4.3 Workmen’ compensation

The Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1994 obliges the employer to
provide the necessary compensation for their employees who suffer a
work-related injury, sickness, loss of organs, invalidity or death caused by
diseases incidental to the nature of or the condition of work, or by the
work itself.
The compensation covers the indemnity during the period the
employers cannot work, the medical expense, the rehabilitation expense
and the funeral expense at the rates prescribed by law.

The Workmen’s Compensation Act requires the employers to pay
annual contributions at the rates of 0.2-1% of wages depending on risk
levels of the work to the compensation fund. The contribution will be
calculated based on annual wages paid to all employees, multiplied by the
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rate of the business. The limit of wage per employee is 240,000 THB .

4.4 Employment of foreign workers

To be able to work legally in Thailand, foreigners must be in possession
of a valid visa and a work permit. Foreigners are also prohibited from
certain occupations reserved for Thais.

4.4.1 Low-skilled workers

The Emergency Decree on Management of Employment of Migrant
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Workers, in force since 23 June 2017, lays down a new legal framework
concerning foreign employment and management of migrant workers. It

127 BOI, A Business Guide to Thailand, op.cit., 2019, 116-117.
128 Ministry of Labour, Workmen’s Compensation Fund, accessed on 2 July
2021, http://sau-jeddah.mol.go.th/employee/compensation_%20fund

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