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JSL says 16% compensation to sacked media staff just first instalment

Prominent lawyer Decha Kittiwittayanan (second from right) leads 79 sacked employees of JSL Global Media to file a complaint with officials at the Bangkok Labour Protection and Welfare Office Region 4 on Monday, for alleged unfair compensation. (Photo:@dechalaw Facebook page)

Struggling TV content provider JSL Global Media on Tuesday hastened to clarify its intention to pay full compensation due to employees who were abruptly laid off with only 16% of payments legally due them.

The company said it intended to pay the full severance amount required by law. Its offer of 16% was just a first instalment to ease the hardship of 89 employees who were suddenly sacked on Friday, of a total workforce of 130.

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