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Work from Home: Changes in the Thai Labor Protection Act

Work from Home: Changes in the Thai Labor Protection Act

Employees in Thailand have been able to work from home since the beginning of the year. The newly passed Section 23/1 of the Thai Labor Protection Act 1998 is intended to help improve the work-life balance of employees and relieve the burden on urban infrastructure.

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Customer Service Engineer (Electrical)

Customer Service Engineer (Electrical)

Sanet CREATING CAREERS is looking for an experienced customer service technician (m/f) for maintenance and troubleshooting of extrusion machines. Take this opportunity to start your career and become part of our team in Southeast Asia for the Reifenhäuser Business Unit.

After the Reifenhäuser BOI promotion expected shortly, you will have the opportunity to use the experience you have gained with us to work directly for this world market leader for extrusion lines in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

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Technical Procurement (Procurement Engineer)

Technical Procurement (Procurement Engineer)

Discover your career opportunity with the Brückner Group Asia Pacific: You will be offered a secure position in a fast-growing German company. As part of the team in Rayong, you will enjoy attractive benefits such as bonus payments, company pension scheme and medical and dental insurance. With a good command of English and at least five years’ experience in purchasing, you are the ideal candidate for this vacant position as a Technical Procurement Engineer.

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Investing in Thailand: RUWAC expects strong growth

Investing in Thailand: RUWAC expects strong growth

Sanet supports the German TOP Enterprise in investing in Thailand

With renewed management and proven quality, RUWAC ASIA, the German manufacturer of industrial vacuum cleaners and extraction systems, is looking to a future of strong growth and a high profile in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Thailand, with its highly modern industries, was chosen as the investment and production location for Asia more than eight years ago. Now, in Asia, innovative strength, individual industry solutions and 40 years of experience also characterize the high level of customer acceptance.

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Your own employee in Thailand: High fines for illegal activities

Your own employee in Thailand: High fines for illegal activities

Having their own employees in Thailand seems to be the cheap and direct way to sales and service in Thailand for many foreign companies. But beware: The law prohibits foreigners from selling their products or even providing consulting or technical services through by themselves or through Thai employees. There is the risk of imprisonment, fines of up to USD15,000 per day and corporate tax for both business owners and employees.

The Thai Foreign Business Act protects Thai traders and marketers from foreign competition. Those who use their own employees to sell their products or services in Thailand turn them into an (illegal) permanent establishment. Draconian penalties are imposed for violating or circumventing the law. This also includes employing sales or service staff through personnel service providers or law firms. Often, the latter themselves are unaware of the risks they expose themselves and their clients through a “payroll” or “staffing service” ” for illegal activities of foreign customers.

In this article, we explain exactly how to recognize a punishable “bogus employment” and how to do it right.

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Retirement Visa for Thailand – here´s how!

Retirement Visa for Thailand – here´s how!

Many people dream of moving to Thailand once they retire. There are a few things to take care of before that can be done, applying for a Retirement Visa being one of the most important ones. Getting a retirement Visa in Thailand is fairly easy once all the correct documents have been submitted to the competent Embassy. However, there are a few requirements that could cause problems for some applicants.

Mostly the applicants face difficulties with the financial requirements of the retirement Visas, as well as the health insurance requirements. The financial aspects of the Visas aside, there are some alluring sides to holding a retirement Visa in Thailand, multiple-entry travel and Visa extensions only once a year to name a few.

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10 years Sanet “Business Unit” for Sales and Service in Thailand

10 years Sanet “Business Unit” for Sales and Service in Thailand

This year, when Sanet celebrates the 10th anniversary of its “Business Unit” (BU), it will look back on the support it provided to 25 mostly international large or medium-sized private companies when they entered the Thai market. Sanet founder Dr. Gunter Denk resumes what still convinces many companies to start sales and service in Thailand through a “BU” at Sanet.

“After having spent 25 years as an entrepreneur of a manufacturing company with strong internationalization, I knew what makes entrepreneurs tick when expanding into new markets,” he begins his description of how to safely enter the Thai market through a ” Business Unit.”

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