Background
The Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Act of 2011
(the "OSHA") is the main legislation
governing the protection of labour in relation to occupational
health and safety matters in work places. The OSHA stipulates the
obligation on employers to provide safety officers, a safety
committee, and a safety department to carry out safety matters in
their work places in accordance with the relevant criteria,
methods, and conditions, under the supervision of the Department of
Labour Protection and Welfare (the
"DLPW"), the Ministry of Labour.
On 17 June 2022, the Ministerial Regulation on Arrangement of
Occupational Safety Officers, Personnel, Department, or Committee
to Operate Safety in the Workplace of 2022, dated 2 June 2022 (the
"New Regulation") was published in the
Royal Thai Government Gazette. The New Regulation, which becomes
effective on 16 August 2022, is issued under the OSHA to entirely
revoke the Ministerial Regulation on the
