Guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 I have learned that the standard deal for bargirls seems to be two days off in a month; no vacations except for the public holidays when the bars are forced to be closed. Is this the whole truth? Is this something specific to farang-oriented bars, or standard across all service industries: restaurants, hotels, shops, laundries, etc.? Is it the same thing in factories? Is there actually any legislation regulating the amount of days off workers can/must get? Which kinds of businesses provide free weekends and annual leave? Wagner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneSoup Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 Businesses that are open seven days a week (restuarants, hotels, shopping malls, factories, etc) all seem to follow the 28 day per month schedule for workers. That is why working in a bank, government office, or big office building is so attractive - these jobs only rquire five days per week. Busineses get away with this because the supply of jobs is so much less than the number of job-seekers. And employers are very cheap - they will not hire extra staff to allow seven day operation with each employee getting one or two days off during that time. Rough! "Let the good times roll!" Stone Soup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 The majority of my thai friends are in professional jobs, they usually work M-F 8:30-5 and 1/2 on Saturday. most of them ( except for the teachers) get 1-2 weeks paid holidays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 Agreed. I too find that almost all non-tourist, non-resaturant places are a M-F 8:00AM or 8:30AM to 5:00PM operation with a few open 1/2 day Sat as well... Our BKK office is like this, we pay our staff for a 5.75 day workweek. Initial compensation package includes 10 days vacation, 7 sick days and 5 optional days per year. --UPSer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAYBLOOM Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 "we pay our staff for a 5.75 day workweek" Does your staff get paid by the hour ie., if they work extra hours they would get paid extra money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 JB-- As I understand the local compensation package, when our "hourly" staff (ie non-management) works in excess of 10 hours per day or more than 4 hours on Saturday, their hourly pay rate does kick-up... I don't recall if it's 1.5X or what, but I do know that the rate does rise.. --UPSer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAYBLOOM Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 At least they get paid by the hour. Whenever I try to ask a Thai how much they get paid per hour, they just say that they get paid monthly. They seem oblivious as to how many hours per month that they work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 JB-- Our offices are pretty much run in a western style... Paid bi-weekly, benefits, vacations, etc... Of course, the pay and benefits are all adjusted to the local market.. And YES, our staff do know exactly how many hours they worked. We use a computer time clock. --UPSer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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