Deal to allow alien workers to stay, work

Migrant workers wait to submit their labour documentation at the one-stop service centre at the Labour Ministry in 2018. (File photo)

The cabinet has approved the extension of employment contracts that allow more than 200,000 migrant workers to keep their jobs at least until the new government takes office, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.

The cabinet has given the green light to extend the employment of workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.