The Thai Labour Ministry is creating jobs for seniors over 60 to help Thailand tackle its problem of an aging society as well as to reduce social inequality, reports The Star. “The Department of Employment has been tasked with looking into the employment of people beyond the retirement age,” Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said, adding that 1,007 people above 60 had been given jobs in the 2021 fiscal year. Department of Employment director-general Pairoj Chotikasathien said the department has coordinated with several companies like MBC Land, MK Restaurant Group, New Travel Lodge and Surin Sugar to create jobs for the elderly. He said the top five jobs that seniors were offered were production workers, housekeepers, security personnel, coaching staff and drivers.