Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/07
By: Yu Hsiao-han and Isabel Wang

Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) According to the Ministry of Labor’s (MOL) amended “Foreign

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Worker’s Living Care Service Plan,” employers will in the future be required to provide migrant crew members on fishing vessels with accommodation and food when on land, an official said Tuesday.

The amendment, ratified in July and expected to take effect on Jan. 1, aims to protect migrant workers in the fishing industry after they were not initially included in the plan due to prolonged periods at sea, said MOL Workforce Development Agency official Hsueh Chien-chung (薛鑑忠).

The original service plan only included foreign workers employed in the manufacturing, construction and nursing sectors.    [FULL  STORY]