Easily manage employment in Thailand

Employees are entitled to 6 days off annually after working an entire year for an employer, or a prorated number of days for the duration worked, i.e., roughly 1 day per 2 months worked.

There are 16 public holidays.

Remote must allow an employee to take sick leave for as long as the sickness actually lasts and must pay the employee their wage for a day of sick leave at a rate equal to the wage for a normal working day for the entire period of time taken as sick leave, but not exceeding 30 working days each year.For medical leave of three working days or more, the employer may require the employee to produce a medical certificate from a doctor or from a government medical facility. When the employee is unable to produce a medical certificate from a doctor of first class modern medicine or from a government medical facility, the employee shall give an explanation.

Female employees are entitled to 98 days of maternity leave, with the first 45 days paid for by the employer, and the rest compensated by the government social security fund.Pregnant employees can request assignment to less strenuous duties to help maintain their health.

Although government employees are entitled to 15 days of paternity leave annually, there are no provisions under Thai employment law for private employees to take time off work for parental or paternity leave.

Employees can take unpaid time off work to undergo training related to their work, or to undergo government-mandated skills assessment programs.

- Personal business leave: Employees are entitled to three days of business leave annually to enable them to attend to their personal affairs.- Sterilisation leave: Employees can request paid time off to undergo sterilisation, if the procedure is certifiably required by a medical practitioner.- Military service leave: Employees can take up to 60 days off for military exercises, compensated at the basic pay rate.