Thailand
With localized contracts, easy invoice management, and best-in-class compliance, you can grow your team in Thailand with confidence. Currently, you can hire and manage contractors in Thailand through Remote, but our EOR services are not yet live.
- Capital City
Bangkok
- Currency
Thai baht (฿, THB)
- Languages
Thai
- Population size
66,558,935
Facts & Stats
- Capital City
Bangkok
- Currency
Thai baht (฿, THB)
- Languages
Thai
- Population size
66,558,935
- Ease of doing business
Medium
- Cost of living index
49.32 (2021)
- Payroll frequency
Monthly
- VAT - standard rate
7%
- GDP - real growth rate
2.4 (2019)
The Kingdom of Thailand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy that’s recorded over a thousand years of rich cultural history.
Famous for its monasteries, temples, floating markets, some of the world’s best street food, and unparalleled biodiversity, Thailand boasts even more economically, with Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, advanced human development rankings, a fully diversified economy.
Grow your team in Thailand with Remote
Looking to hire employees in Thailand? Companies hiring in Thailand must either own a local legal entity or work with a global employment platform like Remote that can legally provide employment services in the country.
Remote can employ team members in Thailand and keep you compliant at all times. Remote can hire, onboard, and pay your Thailand team so you don't have to set up local HR services in the region. Remote also makes it easy to pay contractors in Thailand. now to get started or talk to an expert for more details.
Risks of misclassification
Thailand, like many other countries, treats self-employed individuals or contractors and full-time employees differently. Misclassification of contractors in Thailand may lead to fines and penalties for the offending company.
Employing in Thailand
Thailand’s Labor Protection Act of 1998 spells out provisions for employee protections and workers’ rights designed to fight inequality and safeguard Thailand’s workforce of 38.4 million. Employees in Thailand enjoy protections against discrimination based on age, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, and race.
Common questions that could come up during the hiring process include minimum wage, overtime rates, and guaranteed paid time off. Remote can help you offer a complete, competitive, and compliant benefits package to your employees in Thailand.
Minimum Wage
The Thai minimum wage is fixed regionally, ranging from 370 THB to 330 THB.
Payroll Cycle
For customers of Remote, all employee payments will be made in equal monthly installments on or before the last working day of each calendar month, payable in arrears.
Work Rules
Employers with 10 or more staff must have the work rules prepared in Thai language with a copy to be held at the place of business operations or the employer’s office.
Onboarding Time
We can help you get a new employee started in Thailand fast. The minimum onboarding time we need is only 20 working days.
Our team ensures your employees are onboarded and paid as quickly as possible while keeping your business compliant with all local employment legislation. The minimum onboarding time begins after the employee submits all required information onto the Remote platform. The onboarding timeline is also dependent upon registration with local authorities.
For all non-nationals of the country of employment, the Right to Work assessment (if applicable) will add three extra days to the total time to onboard. There may be extra time required if we need to follow-up on the right to work assessment.
Please note, payroll cut-off dates can impact the actual first day of employment. Remote has a payroll cut-off date of the 10th of the month unless otherwise specified.
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Competitive benefits package in Thailand
At Remote, we’re obsessed with helping you craft the best possible employee experience for your team. We are leading the way in practicing “fair equity”, which means making sure employees everywhere have access to both the required and supplemental benefits they need to thrive (and that will allow you to attract the best local talent).
We are still busy building our own entity in Thailand, but our benefits packages for all countries are tailored to fulfill the local needs of your employees. Typically, our packages contain some or all of the following benefits:
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Mental Health Support
Pension or 401(K)
Life and Disability Insurance
Taxes in Thailand
Learn how employment taxes and statutory fees affect your payroll and your employees’ paychecks in Thailand.
3%
Pension contribution
1.5%
Health insurance
0.5%
Unemployment insurance
0.2% - 1%
Work injury insurance contribution
Types of leave
Employees are entitled to 6 days off annually after working an entire year for an employer, or a prorated number of days for the duration worked, i.e., roughly 1 day per 2 months worked.
Employment termination
Termination process
Employee contracts can be terminated if a just cause is established, such as dishonesty, negligence, fraud, or any other work-related offences, without any obligation to make severance payments.
Employees who’ve been employed for less than 120 days can be terminated without cause or any obligation to make severance payments.
Notice period
The employer must ordinarily give advance notice of at least one full payment cycle (i.e 30 days), which is legally required for indefinite contracts; but no more than 3 months, unless the contract/ work rules provide for a longer period.
Severance pay
If an employee is terminated without just cause are entitled to a severance package equivalent to their tenure with the employer.
120 days – less than one year: 30 days’ pay
1 – less than 3 years: 90 days’ pay
3 – less than 6 years: 180 days’ pay
6 – less than 10 years: 240 days’ pay
10 – less than 20 years: 300 days’ pay
20 years and above: 400 days’ pay
Fair Pricing in Thailand
Top features
Only pay for contractors you actively work with
Work with contractors in 200+ countries
Create, edit, and sign tailored, localized contracts
Approve contractor invoices with one click or auto-pay
Transparent payments with complete visibility
Remote Payroll
Consolidate your multi-country payroll
$50
per employee/month
Top features
Reduce costs by centralizing payroll management
Ensure local compliance for every country
Direct support from in-house local payroll experts
Accurate, on-time, compliant payroll to level-up your employee experience
Tax and labor authority reporting handled for you
Top features
Guided onboarding and offboarding
Employee profile and document management
Time and attendance (time off and tracking)
Expense management and reimbursement
Employee self-serve on the platform and mobile app