การจ่ายเงินทดแทนแก่คนงาน : การศึกษาในหลักการ ขบวนการ และวิธีการปฏิบัติในการสังคมสงเคราะห์ / นรินทร์ฤทธิ์ มหารักขกะ = Workmen's compensation : a study of principles, procedures and practice in social work / Narinrith Maharakkhaka
The compensation system, legally known as “Workmen's compensation”, is a system of insurance designed to provide reasonable protection for the safety of the worker. It is a kind of payment program the aim of which is to assume prompt medical aid, rehabilitation, and cash benefit to the injured worker and his dependents, and death benefit to his survivors. In foreign countries, particularly the United Sates, the workmen's compensation is taken as the fundamental social insurance policy. Under such policy, workers are entitled to medical treatment and/or compensation upon cessation of their employment by cause of death or incapacity occurred during the course of employment. As for Thailand, the law relating, to social insurance was first enacted during the administration of Field Marshall Pibulsongkram and was in force for a fairly brief duration. In 1973, By virtue of the National Executive Council Announcement No.103, Workmen's Compensation was made part of the Labour Protective Act. And the Labour Department has since been the sole agency administering the said law under the present system of social welfare. For a comparative purpose, the principles, development and public welfare of the United States was discussed at some length. Through the assistance of a number of ILO's officers in Thailand, a study of the prevailing conditions of the workmen's compensation system in Singapore was also made.
It was an effort to search for a model which could be used as a standard for gauging the adequacy of the Thai system. As the workmen's compensation system in Thailand is divided into 2 categories, namely, payment by the Workmen's compensation Fund and payment by employers, it seems desirable to assess the pros and cons of both categories. A comparative study of the effectiveness and practicality of the relevant laws in the selected countries was also included. This thesis also suggested that the workmen's compensation alone may not be adequate to cope with the rising need for social welfare. The growing industry and commerce have brought about more complicated grievance with which the existing social work practice fails to keep pace. Serious consideration should be given to the finding of ways and means to cope with the problems of old age, pension plan and unemployment. This thesis is an exploratory research of the laws and facts relating to public social insurance and welfare policies. No specific hypothesis has been formulated to guide the collection of data and information.
