Thailand: Employee death controversy due to alleged overwork

TV station in Thailand announces it will compensate family worker The 44-year-old collapsed and died of a heart attack while working at his desk last Saturday, which the Journalists Association blames on overwork.

Thai News Network (TNN) mourned the death of Sarawut ‘Bird’ Srisawat, saying it would “do everything possible” to support Byrd’s family, including extending the worker’s current salary for 24 months, according to a statement released by the agency. Company on Monday.

In addition, compensation measures it will provide to Byrd’s relatives include health and accident insurance payments, as well as “social security money in accordance with workers’ rights,” including arranging funeral speeches and cremations.

“We express our deepest condolences to the Hoon Bird family and deeply understand the feelings of family, friends and colleagues in connection with the loss of their loved ones,” the note said.

Death workerwho allegedly had various health problems such as diabetes and hypertension, is reported by local media to spark a debate about working conditions in Thailanda, as several users denounced excessive working hours or lack of days off, which is prohibited by law.

“I worked seven days a week”

According to the Association of Journalists ThailandBird collapsed and died after “a sequence of hard work for days on end”, while the worker’s colleagues noted that he had recently begun to show signs of physical and mental exhaustion due to his extensive workload, often “working seven days in Week”.

The association called on the country’s authorities to launch an investigation to determine the causes of the incident and determine whether the company “complies with labor laws and good working practices.”

Tiranai Jaruwat, vice president of the Association for Rights, Freedoms and Reforms, said in a statement that “there is still a work culture in the media industry that is vulnerable to violations of labor laws,” especially “in the media industry.” competitive”.

“This is a problem that people in the media industry have always known about, but it comes up all the time. Therefore, this problem deserves attention and requires its prompt concrete solution,” he concluded.

In 2021, the UN called on governments around the world to pass legislation to limit working hours in all sectors, following the release of a report that estimated 745,000 annual deaths globally due to rising overwork-related cardiovascular disease.

(As reported by EFE)

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