ARTICLE · 21 JANUARY 2025

Implementation Of The Employee Welfare Fund

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The Employee Welfare Fund, Thailand's much-anticipated financial safety net for employees, is set to launch in late 2025, bringing new contribution requirements for employers and their workforces.

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Preechaya Boonchum

The Employee Welfare Fund, Thailand's much-anticipated financial safety net for employees, is set to launch in late 2025, bringing new contribution requirements for employers and their workforces.

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The long-awaited implementation of the central Employee Welfare Fund (EWF), which was prescribed by the Labor Protection Act of 1998 but has gone unfulfilled for over a quarter of a century, is now scheduled to take place in late 2025. The main aim of the EWF is to provide employees with a financial safety cushion in case of loss of employment or death.

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The government recently passed three decrees with key implementation guidelines for the EWF, as follows:

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