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.
Contingency protocol during e-WP system transition
2 December 2025
To mitigate issues arising during the initial rollout, the DOE has announced a temporary contingency protocol for the mandatory e-Work Permit (e-WP) system, effective from 29 October 2025, to 28 January 2026
Electronic work permit (e-WP) system
2 December 2025
The Thai government, through Ministry of Labour and the Department of Employment (DOE), has initiated a comprehensive digital transformation of foreign labour management. They formally implemented as the electronic Work Permit (e-WP) system, falls under the scope of an Outsourcing Service Project
Registering for the BOI’s new Single Window System
2 October 2025
The Board of Investment (BOI) has announced an important update to its electronic system: the Single Window System for visa and work permit.
A new bill for amendment of the Labour Protection Act
2 October 2025
The parliament approved an amendment of the Labour Protection Act on 16 July 2025.
Employee transitions: Legal compliance in Thai mergers and amalgamations
22 August 2025
Merger and amalgamation are not merely structural corporate changes; they fundamentally impact employment relationships in Thailand. Under Section 13 of the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541 (1998) (the “LPA”), such corporate consolidations constitute a “change of employer”.