Legal Section - Doing Business
You will find here a series of summaries providing an overview of useful legal regulations, processes and legal issues for Doing Business in Thailand.
Employee Welfare under the FBA
Foreign companies are forbidden from conducting certain activities under the Foreign Business Act. Whether this applies to the welfare a company provides to its own employees can be subject to interpretation on a case by case basis.
Boosting e-Commerce Credibility
Nowadays the Thai “Online Market” is becoming increasingly popular with more and more products and services available via the internet.
Visas for Expiring Passports
In the past, if your passport expired within one year, you would be granted the permission to stay in Thailand until the passport expiry date.
Maternity and Paternity Leave
Under the Labour Protection Act (“Act”), employees are legally entitled to leave with pay for various different types of leave.
Foreign Business License – Principle Approval
Generally, a Thai majority owned Company (“Thai Company”) can operate any business activities in Thailand. Therefore, if a Thai Company wishes to change its shareholding structure to be a foreign majority owned Company (“Foreign Company”) by either transferring shares or increasing the Company’s registered capital, the restructured company is at risk that it might not be able to operate its current business for the following reasons: