According to Thailand’s “World Journal”, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Labor Pratcha said that a total of 574 companies closed down from January 1 to December 12, 2008, affecting 47,064 people. Another 252 companies have a tendency to lay off employees, with a total of 112,259 employees.
The top five foreign provinces with the highest number of layoffs are Pathum Thani Province which laid off 9,479 people, each from 33 companies; Samut Prakan Province laid off 9,232 people, each from 79 companies; Bangkok Province laid off 5,189 people, each from 33 companies. 87 companies; Dachengfu laid off about 4,183 people, each from 18 companies; Dafu laid off 3,331 people, each from 25 companies.
Companies with 50-299 employees had the largest number of closures, with a total of 165 companies, laying off 13,118 people; companies with 10-49 employees, a total of 161 companies, laying off 2,990 people; companies with 1-9 employees A total of 149 companies laid off 418 people; there were 69 companies with 300-999 employees, and 13,529 people were laid off; there were 30 companies with more than 1,000 employees, and 17,009 people were laid off.
The largest number of companies experiencing layoffs were in the textile, clothing, and shoe industries, with a total of 75 companies, laying off 12,871 people; the jewelry and furniture industry, a total of 53 companies, laying off 5,705 people; and computer repair and hardware consulting companies, a total of 47 companies. , laying off 1,836 people; a total of 45 household and personal products sales companies, laying off 256 people.
