Taipei Times | 30 January 2019 ILLEGAL BROKERS:Prosecutors said that 30 Taiwanese who had hired migrant caretakers through the trio’s Web sites would be questioned and could face charges Three people were yesterday detained for questioning in New Taipei City over allegations that they illegally acted as employment brokers for “absconding” migrant workers, after the […]
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Focus Taiwan | 11 November 2018 Taipei, Nov. 10 (CNA) Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan approved a third reading of amendments to the Employment Service Act on Friday, by which employers or employment agencies could be subject to a fine of up to NT$300,000 (US$9,741) for violating migrant workers’ rights. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wu Yu-chin (吳玉琴),
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Taiwan News | 9 November 2019 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan will consider relaxing regulations governing the employment of foreign labor to meet the expected rise in demand for laborers as Taiwanese businesses relocate their operations to Taiwan in the face of the U.S.-China trade conflict. At a Cabinet meeting promoting investment in Taiwan on
Taiwan Business Topics 18 October 2018 Filling the gap are foreign caregivers – Taiwan’s angels of mercy that work for far below the minimum wage, often isolated from the public in tedious and occasionally hostile living environments. According to the National Immigration Agency, Taiwan had 253,679 foreign caregivers as of August this year, mostly from
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Focus Taiwan | 17 September 2018 Taipei, Sept. 17 (CNA) Solar cell maker Motech Industries Inc. announced Monday it will terminate 300 migrant workers’ employment contracts to improve human resources management and make fundamental corporate changes in the face of a volatile and uncertain market. The 300 employees mainly work on assembly lines in Taiwan,
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Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) The head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei has expressed the hope that there will be more direct hiring of Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan to spare the workers the burden of hefty brokerage fees. In an interview with CNA earlier this week, MECO Chairman and Resident
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By Yu Hsiao-han and Kuan-lin Liu Focus Taiwan Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) on Thursday issued a report that found nearly 80,000 re-hired migrant workers have so far benefited from a law that went into effect last November scrapping a previous maximum stay requirement. The amendment to Article 52 of the
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By: Aroonim Bhuyan IANS India Private Limited | 1 March 2017 Sourced through Yahoo News. Under its new foreign policy adopted last year, Taiwan is seeking to attract more expatriate workers, including from India, in both blue and white collar categories to meet a shortage of labour and talent. “Labour is a problem due to
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