Fire Officials in Bangkok Allegedly Work Unpaid Overtime: Complaints and Call for Fairness

have a complaint Through the page I want to be famous, I will arrange for a return part 6, stating that I am a fire official under Bangkok, working overtime. but did not get paid overtime The complainant claimed that there was a friend of the employee. Faced with the same problem many people Used to try to file a complaint with the superiors, including the governor of Bangkok, but there was no progress.

The page wants to be popular, will arrange for a return, part 6, post content, conclude that Disaster prevention and mitigation staff Bangkok works beyond the legal hours and this problem occurs in many fire stations. But hardly anyone dared to speak out because they were afraid of their superiors.

The news team went to the survey area. Fire stations in many areas Many people gave the same information that the work would be divided into shifts of 12 hours per shift. I will be on duty support for the next 12 hours.

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This means that 1 officer must shift work and standby support 24 hours a day before taking a break of 1 day alternately. This kind of duty will cause in 1 week there will be days that have to go on duty to collide, which will cause the shift to be 48 long. hour

Officers gave information to the news team that working like this cause health problems not enough rest No time for family. Importantly, this kind of duty. Unable to claim overtime pay even though the law prohibits working more than 12 hours.

While another official gave information that this kind of duty situation Happened since 2022, believed to be because there was a resolution of the Cabinet (Cabinet) specifying the allocation of staff to work 24 hours a day. The supervisor should arrange duty to complete 24 hours, not allow 1 officer to use the time as it is.

In addition, it is also seen that in other departments of Bangkok. When working more than 8 hours, you will be paid overtime. But the fire extinguishing stuff is not. The holidays didn’t stop. Therefore, I would like to ask for fairness for the allocation of duty breaks or paying overtime as required by law.

The PPTV news team coordinated with Mr. Thirayut Phumphak, director of the Bureau of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Give preliminary information that you are aware of the complaints made through the famous page. The reason why I have to take this shift is because I have more workload. It is determined that If there is a disaster Officers must go to stop the incident within 8 minutes as standard. At present, there are attempts to solve the problem for officials by hiring additional temporary workers. admit that it has not yet been done thoroughly

Regarding compensation, he confirmed that he had already made a request for budget approval. but the responsible agency not allocated