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22 Apr 2013

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Bangkok Post

Ready and Able: Disabled people are benefiting from efforts by major companies to use their skills in the workplace [Thailand]

…There are 305 people with disabilities working at 114 Big C Supercenters across the country, which is 26% higher than the legally required ratio. The company is among several private firms that offer job opportunities for handicapped people to enable them to earn a living and take care of their families. The government enacted the Quality of Life Promotion Act for Disabled Persons in 2007 to require private and public organisations to employ one disabled person per every 100 employees…Of the 1.2 million disabled people in Thailand…only 18,000 have been employed so far…Tesco Lotus, KFC, Central Retail Corporation, Loxley, Toyota, Krungthai Axa, Pranda Jewellery and Betimes Solutions are also offering help to the disabled.