Criticisms of the number of unemployed people Because the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak surpassed more than 1 million เกมสล็อต people hot to the Ministry of Labor that has to come out before it is misunderstood. They may still not understand what the labor market in the country is like.
And more importantly, we need to look at all dimensions of the labor market that are connected to each other. Because there are people out of work, there must be people to work. "Prachachat Business" interviewed "Suchart Chomklin" Minister of Labor What is the true number of unemployed? Including measures to support insurers who have been affected And helping to stop the COVID-19 outbreak
"Number of unemployed people If I don't really know Don't just say it. Because people are already panic, speak and take responsibility with this sensitive matter because it may affect the confidence of businesses and investors. ”The Minister of Labor opened this discussion by referring to the untruthful workers. Along with explaining for the correct understanding that the number of unemployment that occurred at the moment Not significant
The reasons for support are When going back 2 years earlier Will find that the number of unemployed people in the country is close to Or less, compared to the previous period, like the first quarter of 2021, a total of 110,000 people lost their jobs, 270,000 in 2020, and 197,000 in 2019.
According to the overall assessment of the establishment, “Suchart” found that there are businesses that can continue to move forward. Such as automobile manufacturing business And auto parts that still employ workers And pay bonuses to employees in the past, reflecting that they were unemployed. But can return to the system to work
And from now the country will begin to recover The manufacturing sector that has been temporarily suspended will resume employment as well. But it is important to take time.
Statistics of unemployed workers, Minister of Labor
Suchart indicates the number of insured persons in the event of unemployment. And new Thai insurers As data between January 2020 and March 2021, it was found that 1,181,576 insurers were unemployed from 3 cases, while there were insurers back into the system. 405,857 people
In addition, there are 397,336 new insurers when including back insurers. And the new insurer is already 803,193 people, so there will be only 378,383 real unemployed people only. The reason to support is to take measures to help alleviate the distress for various establishments.
In the first wave of the outbreak in 2020, the government has acted to stimulate the economy by cutting insurers' contributions. And establishments maintaining employment Compensation for unemployment due to force majeure at 62%
Along with stimulating internal consumption through half the projects, we travel together, we win and Article 33 we love each other There is also a government policy to stimulate employment, namely government employment, the 2021 budget in accordance with the JOB loan decree. EXPO THAILAND 2020 includes lowering the cost of production infrastructure. Tax measures And additional loans
“If the government does not take any action, the total number of unemployed people may reach a million. But what happened is the government. The Ministry of Labor advances various measures until there is a job to support and solve the problem of unemployed people to a certain extent, especially JOB EXPO THAILAND 2020 and the Thai project with jobs where interested people come to apply for jobs. But most of the skills of the workers still do not meet the needs of the establishment. It is expected that if the COVID situation resolves, employment will surely recover, ”Suchart said.