Phuket Wan - Jobs

Phuket Resorts Fear Investors May Seize the Moment and Sack Staff

Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:36:07 +0700

Latest A wave of Phuket resorts are due for major renovations that are likely to mean big changes and in many cases staff redundancies, one union official fears.

Phuket Workers Expecting to See Daily Pay Rise on Monday

Chutima Sidasathian — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:38:09 +0700

Latest Illegal and legal workers on Phuket may be anticipating their pay on Monday to reflect the new minimum daily rate of 300 baht but no trouble is being forecast.

Laguna Phuket Resort To Lose 350 Staff in Major Renovation

Nuansiri Chirunkamolwut — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:43:37 +0700

Latest Union representatives on Phuket have asked for help from a Phuket Vice Governor as a well-known Phuket resort prepares to close its doors for renovation and lay off its staff.

Phuket's Wage Rise Likely to Deliver Labor Shortage, Prices Pressure

Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:48:22 +0700

News Analysis Sunday marks important events in Burma and on Phuket that combine to accelerate the holiday island's shortage of labor and apply more pressure on already-high prices.

Phuket Snub as Discord Looms on 300 Baht Wage Push

Chutima Sidasathian — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:30:10 +0700

Latest A snub to the tourism industry and other Phuket employers has come with the island on the verge of pioneering the new and highly controversial 300 baht minimum wage.

Here Comes Phuket's 300 Baht Minimum Pay Rise, Ready or Not

Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:44:53 +0700

Latest The minimum pay rise from 221 baht to 300 baht for Phuket from April 1 now has the Governor's formal approval, so the pressure on keeping prices down will increase.

Phuket Has 1000 Resort Jobs Going: Floods Students Wanted, Too

Sert Tongdee — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:53:29 +0700

Latest Phuket resorts have vacancies for about 1000 staff, a leading tourism industry official said today after a survey of resorts. And there are study opportunities for floods victims.

Phuket's 300 Baht Wage Boost Delayed for Three Months

Pathomporn Kaenkrachang — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:38:45 +0700

Latest The increase in Phuket's daily minimum wage to 300 baht that was to have taken place on January 1 has been postponed for three months because of the floods.

Phuket Resorts Win National Award for Worker Relations

Phuketwan Reporter — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:15:05 +0700

Latest Two Phket resorts have joined some well-known retail brands as winners in the annual relationship awards by the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare.

Phuket Poachers Will Lose Market Without Skills, Seminar Hears

Chutima Sidasathian — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:10:17 +0700

Latest Learning real skills is essential as Phuket faces increased competition from other Asean nations for jobs and tourists from 2015, a seminar on Phuket hears.

Phuket Jobs Galore: Show Us Your Talent

Pathomporn Kaenkrachang — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:39:11 +0700

Latest Are you a high-kicking can-can dancer or a can-do scene shifter? If so there's probably a job to suit you as Phuket gets set for a burst of entertainment openings.

Phuket Resort's Staff Told to Take Compulsory Leave

Alan Morison — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:11:05 +0700

Latest One prominent resort tells its better paid staff to take unpaid leave that will increase to seven days a month from July as Phuket's tourism suffers from election anxiety.

Patong Resorts, Restaurants Gain a Skills School

Chutima Sidasathian — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:12:14 +0700

Latest Patong has a new skills centre that aims to lift English standards at resorts and restaurants and eventually teach tourism workers other languages, plus service skills.

Phuket's Newest Hospital Lifts Demand for Nurses

Chutima Sidasathian — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:38:46 +0700

Latest Nurses are more in demand than ever on Phuket as the island's seventh hospital opens for outpatients and promises competitive low cost admissions shortly.

No Phuket Jobs Lost as Sheraton becomes Angsana

Alan Morison — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:42:50 +0700

Latest Very few staffers are expected to leave the Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket as the island veteran undergoes a major makeover to emerge as an Angsana.

Phuket 'Triple Tourism' Boom Needs Strategy, Says MP

Chutima Sidasathian — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:23:38 +0700

Latest Phuket MP Tossaporn Thepabutr believes tourism to Phuket will triple in 10 years, and urgent attention needs to be paid to educating workers to deal with the island's growth boom.

No Phuket Prescription for Shortage of Nurses

Pathomporn Kaenkrachang — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:27:21 +0700

Latest Nurses are in short supply, not just on Phuket but all over Thailand. Some now quit the island for Singapore, where pay and conditions are good for those who speak English.

Phuket the Most Expensive Place to Live

Pathomporn Kaenkrachang — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:13:29 +0700

Costs Shock Figures for the basic wage soar by 17 baht on Phuket to a figure that exceeds Bangkok by six baht as the island proves to be the most expensive place in Thailand to live and work.

Phuket's Burmese 'Branching Out Into Businesses'

Chutima Sidasathian — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:25:21 +0700

Latest A system designed to bring order to the employment of Burmese laborers on Phuket and in Thailand had proven to be costly and to benefit only the Burmese, employers complain.

Phuket's Unwanted Cambodians Ride Home in Style

Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:22:04 +0700

Latest A large group of illegal Cambodian workers rides home in buses from Phuket with some questions about how they came to the island and who paid still unanswered.