1.4 MILLION WORKERS WAITING IN LINE FOR NATIONALITY CHECK
The new benefit will be applicable only to workers with legal status gained through reporting to authorities and going through inspection procedures including "nationality verification" or a "nationality check".
The government has set March 31 as the deadline for nationality verification, but there are currently up to 1.4 million workers from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos in the queue for the nationality check.
This prompted the decision to ask the cabinet to extend the verification deadline and allow the workers to stay and work temporarily in Thailand.
These workers need the go-ahead from the cabinet as their work permits are going to expire soon.