Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/18
By: Ku Chuan and S.C. Chang

Taipei, July 18 (CNA) Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has decided that in two years’

Cabinet spokesperson Kolas Yotaka / CNA file photo

time, the government will no longer go through brokers to hire contract workers but instead will allow all its central agencies to recruit such workers directly, Cabinet spokesperson Kolas Yotaka said Wednesday.

Kolas said the decision to roll out that policy in 2020 was made to better protect the rights and interests of government contract workers, who are usually employed in areas such as forestry management and protection, forestry survey, lab testing and experimentation, national park patrols, and cultural site maintenance.

Currently, 80 percent of government contract workers are under the direct supervision of government agencies, while the division of labor and assignment of responsibility are managed by labor brokers and government agencies, according to Kolas.    [FULL  STORY]