LEGAL MEASURES TO PROTECT FOREIGN WORKERS: A CASE STUDY OF WORKERS IN THE CHANTHABURI FRUIT PROCESSING INDUSTRY

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The objectives of this article were 1) To study the background, conditions, and theory of legal measures to protect foreign workers, 2) To study legal measures to protect foreign workers, and 3) To find solutions and have legal measures to protect foreign workers. The research employed the qualitative approach by using documentary research.

            The results of the research found that:

            The study found that legal measures to protect foreign workers in Thailand, especially in the industrial sector of the Chanthaburi Province, still need to be improved. More legal clarity is also needed regarding how much protection should still be required to ensure effective law enforcement, for instance, illegal foreign workers, and the different treatment of Thai and foreign workers. The approaches to solving these problems are specific legislation that protects foreign workers in the industrial sector to be more clearly and comprehensively enabled to operate, the establishment of agencies that oversee the work of the employer in the case of foreign labor, and extension of the protection of the social insurance program in the event of foreign workers engaged in the occupation. Moreover, a social insurance fund for foreign workers should be established, and the principle of claiming damages for claims or proceedings relating to unemployment should be used to punish an employer who acts intentionally or deliberately against an employee in the event of a foreign worker being a victim.