Good Practice for Resolving Dispute between Entrepreneur and Subcontract Workers

Abstract

Labor subcontracting is a promising business that is increasingly popular in the Thai industry. This literature review aimed to study the context of the labor contracting business as well as the rights of subcontract workers. The study suggested that the labor subcontracting allowed entrepreneur to determine what the exact cost of labor management was. But the law stipulated that entrepreneur must give subcontract workers the same fringe benefits as those of his regular employees. The stipulation ended up burdening entrepreneur with more labor cost.  In order to friendly resolve any dispute that may happen between entrepreneur and subcontract workers, the author would like to suggest that the subcontractor should allow the entrepreneur to have the right to bring subcontractor’s wages to pay directly to the subcontract workers, provided that the subcontract workers ask the entrepreneur to pay the same fringe benefits as those of his regular employees.