Mazars payroll flash news - May 2023
Employers encouraged to facilitate voting by employees
3 May 2023
General elections will be held in Thailand on 14 May (with early voting taking place on 7 May). In regard to this, the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare recently issued a statement encouraging employers to facilitate voting by employees by giving them time off on those days. The statement also noted that, under Section 142 of the Act on the Election of Members of the House of Representatives, 2018, employers who obstruct, deter, or fail to reasonably facilitate the exercise of the right to vote by their employees shall be subject to a prison sentence of no more than two years, a fine of no more than THB 40,000, or both.
For more information, see the statement issued by the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (in Thai).
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