I-Mei Foods Co. recently held direct hiring in Davao City and Manila in the Philippines to help ease workers’ debt burdens from broker fees
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/29
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A story that has made a headline but has not really caught a lot
(By Taiwan News)
of people’s attention was said to be “very unusual” by a BBC reporter.
In the radio show “BBC Business Matters” broadcast on Wednesday, BBC reporter Cindy Su expressed her dire concern over the conditions of migrant workers in Taiwan, but a direct hiring move by a leading Taiwanese food manufacturer has won recognition as a new trend to start out.
In her report, she said the company I-Mei Foods did something “unusual” in terms of recruitment and has actively responded to the problems facing migrant workers by taking the first step – cutting out the middlemen in the process of hiring.
She continued to say that the company went to the Philippines, to the southern city of Davao and the capital Manila recently to interview hundreds of job applicants, migrant workers mainly, to fill 200 positions in Taiwan in their factories. [FULL STORY]
