I received the call from Mr. Kanokchai.
He said that the factory has started to require new workers to do physical check in the factory clinic from Apr 2015 and it is free of charge.
Please double check it with them to make sure there is no misunderstanding.
Please also remind them that medical exam which includes X-ray and blood test may potentially constitute a discrimination issue on pregnancy, illness and disability if an employment is denied on these reasons.
For existing workers, we expected S. Apparel to reimburse the medical exam THB250 to workers. I’ve explained to him that when we conduct interview with workers, we will still find the fact that workers were still required to pay for the medical exam fee, and such fee is still born by the workers. Therefore until all medical exam fees are reimbursed, the medical fee issue is still outstanding.
He agreed to give the feedback by next Mon (27 Apr).