Remote’s guide to employing in

Thailand
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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

Services available in this country:
Contractor Management

Facts & Stats

Thailand Map Illustration
  • 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

You can pay contractors now in Thailand with Remote. Note that we are busy building our own entity in Thailand to provide you with the best possible employment solutions for your employees, but our employer of record service is not yet live in this country.

To employ in Thailand, companies must own a local legal entity in the country or work with a global employment solution. Developing the processes required to manage payroll, benefits, taxes, and onboarding in countries like Thailand can get complicated fast, especially without localized expertise.

If you're looking to start hiring in a country like this, partnering with a global employment solution like Remote makes it easy for your company to employ workers quickly, cost-effectively, and in full compliance with all local legislation.

In the countries where we do offer our EOR services, Remote takes on the responsibility and legal risks of international employment so you can focus on hiring great talent and growing your business.

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

Contractor Management

Compliantly onboard and pay contractors

$29

per contractor/month

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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

HR Management

Manage all of your employees in one place

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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