MIGRANT WORKER NEWS (移工新聞)

 If foreign workers don’t want to pay a lot of agency fees, can they ask their current boss to apply for direct employment? ​  Published: 2018-10-24 ‧ Last updated: 2022-11-18  Case  Indonesian caregiver A has been taking care of his grandfather in Taipei for about three years.  Over the past three years, she has paid service fees to the agency every month. The first year was 1,800 yuan per month, the second year was 1,700 yuan per month, and the third year was 1,500 yuan per month. Over the past three years, she had to pay a total of 1,800 yuan. 60,000 yuan, equivalent to more than three months' salary, was used to pay for agency service fees.  A doesn’t want to pay the agency fee anymore. Can he ask his current boss to help him apply for direct employment?  1. Is it necessary to go through an agency to hire foreign workers?  Employers hire blue-collar foreigners in accordance with Article 46, Paragraph 1, Items 8 to 10 of the Employment Service ...

Article 52 of the Employment Service Act has canceled the requirement for foreign workers to go abroad for one day every three years. Foreign workers who have worked in Taiwan for three years do not have to go abroad for one day and can be re-employed by their original employer or The new employer continues to hire.  The Ministry of Labor recently revised the "Charging Items and Amount Standards of Private Employment Service Agencies", clarifying that when foreign workers are renewed or transferred upon expiration of their term, if an agency is entrusted to assist in the relevant procedures, the entrusted foreign labor agency can charge services to the foreign workers. The amount of fees shall not exceed NT$1,500 per month.  The Ministry of Labor explains that after a foreign worker has worked in Taiwan for three years, if the original employer is willing to re-employ him or if the original employer fails to re-employ him, he will be re-employed by a new employer. The employe...

  Basic salary UP!  Starting from January 1, 2024, the basic salary will be increased to 27,470 yuan per month and 183 yuan per hour.  Update date:2023-12-19  The Ministry of Labor stated that starting from January 1, 2024, the basic salary will be adjusted from NT$26,400 to NT$27,470 per month, and the hourly wage will be adjusted from NT$176 to NT$183. This will be announced after the Ministry of Labor reports it to the Executive Yuan for approval. Public institutions are reminded to respond in advance to comply with legal requirements.  The Ministry of Labor explains that the purpose of basic wage legislation is to protect workers’ basic living standards and maintain their necessary purchasing power.  Wage is the consideration for labor’s provision of services. Its amount is negotiated and agreed upon by both parties, but it shall not be lower than the basic wage.  All public institutions whose current wages do not reach the previously adjusted amou...

 The Workforce Development Agency pointed out that the number of migrant workers in Taiwan as of October this year was 751,000, including a total of 85,000 migrant workers who have been missing and undetected and stranded in Taiwan.  The Development Department stated that the reasons for the unknown whereabouts of migrant workers include economic factors, labor conditions and improper treatment by employers. In the past two years, the Ministry of Labor has also promoted a number of measures to strengthen the rights and interests of migrant workers from a policy and prevention perspective.  In the future, through inter-departmental cooperation, we will strengthen guidance to employers to strengthen employee selection and improve legal compliance awareness, avoid improper treatment by employers, and prevent the loss of migrant workers from the source.  The Development Department emphasized that it will continue to strengthen publicity to migrant workers who encounter i...

The broker who introduced an Indonesian caretaker taking care of my deceased father for 8 years  I and my wife accompanied with her to travel some spots for a few days in Taiwan for a rewarding of her. https://kevinphototouring.blogspot.com/2023/03/miaoli-taichung-park-sun-link-sea-and.html 1. Kuanlung Manpower Company  FB  https://bit.ly/2QZcbhZ Website  https://kuanlung.com.tw/ Another 3 brokers also big 2. South East Asia Group  https://www.sea.com.tw/ 3. Pan Asia Manpower Group  https://www.hiworker.com.tw/HiworkerM/index.aspx 4. 萬通人力集團 Manstrong https://www.manstrong.com.tw/locations/service-base/

 There are more and more new poor people! They have cars and houses, but no savings! [The Way of Wealth] https://youtu.be/_9LOLcgHSO8?si=wIIqO8yrBJY-HjZL Tap top right "cc" to turn on English text translation when watching the video 

 

 

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  Don’t touch other people’s luggage on the plane!  The neighbor who was so chatty put her in danger of becoming a "drug smuggling accomplice" Be really careful when flying!  Recently, a blogger said that when she was on a plane, the passenger next door had a great time chatting with her. However, the passenger’s luggage contained drugs and he kept asking her to help him get it when he got off the plane, which almost made her an accomplice in drug smuggling.  The original PO recently posted on Facebook that if you often fly, be wary of friendly neighbors. She met a female passenger and asked her to put her bag in the overhead bin, and then started talking to her. The two chatted happily throughout the flight. Soon after the plane was about to land, the woman suddenly started to have stomach pains. She immediately pressed the service bell to call the flight attendant, and the woman suddenly called her "my daughter."  The stewardess said there was no other way but...

Long-term Retention of Skilled Foreign Workers Program By Taiwan Government English News https://fw.wda.gov.tw/wda-employer/home/mid-foreign-labor/index?locale=en https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4446266 Apply online   Same as direct hire new caretakers or workers  https://fwapply.wda.gov.tw/efpv/wSite/Control?function=IndexPage First step If don't know how to apply on website, can apply at counter in Taipei or download the forms from website to fill out and mail to the address. 直接聘僱聯合服務中心 100台北市中正區中華路一段39號11樓 02-66130811 Google Maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/rTuiqvBMiXx3vrtp7 Or apply on website  https://fwapply.wda.gov.tw/efpv/wSite/Control?function=IndexPage Second step:   apply for an account Then , Follow the process guides  Chinese news https://feng-chun.com.tw/%e2%80%bb1110217%e7%a7%bb%e5%b7%a5%e7%95%99%e6%89%8d%e4%b9%85%e7%94%a8%e6%96%b9%e6%a1%88-%e9%9b%87%e4%b8%bb%e4%bb%8d%e9%9c%80%e8%be%a6%e5%9c%8b%e5%85%a7%e6%b1%82%e6%89%8d%e7%94%a2%e6%a5%ad%e8%96%...

  14-day visa-free stay trial for Philippines until July 31, 2024 announced on June 30 2023 :  The visa-free measures for citizens of Brunei, the  Philippines  and Thailand will be implemented on a trial basis until July 31, 2024. No bad records have been checked by the airport or port inspection unit of the Republic of China. Holders of Thai, Brunei and  Philippine passports : must prepare hotel reservation records, contact person information in Taiwan and appropriate proof of financial resources for border inspection. https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-10-4485-149c7-1.html  1. Go to MECO in TW to get a certificate 🍀🍀🍀Documents necessary *An invitation letter including accomodation or hotel address *PSA Birth certificate of families *Passports of you and families 2. Apply for a Bank financial documents 3. Send the MECO certificate and related documents to Philippines (by China post office EMS mail,  EMS – the  Express Mail Service  – is a gl...

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  MECO Labor Center Website （馬尼拉經濟文化辦事處勞工中心網址） Special Hiring Program for Taiwan (SHPT) 直接聘雇 https://www.meco-labor.org.tw/shpt_instructions.php https://www.meco-labor.org.tw/index.php https://www.gvm.com.tw/article/87114 The principle of direct employment in infants is the DHSC Joint Service Center Stationery Online application for continuous employment permit The "direct employment online application" has been upgraded again. Since 2017, employers have been able to apply for foreigners' initial recruitment, re-recruitment, entry into the country, and employment permits (including renewal of employment) through the online application system. In order to continue to expand services to employers of domestic care workers, employers are now open to online applications for continuous employment permits, expiry conversion, foreigner transfer out, extension of foreigner transfer period, change of care recipients, change of employer, document reissuance and other application ite...