Government is working on a package of social benefits linked to employment insurance
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/24
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Foreigners holding an Alien Permanent Resident
Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor is considering new measures to benefit foreign residents. (By Central News Agency)
Certificate (APRC) might be considered for unemployment payments and other social benefits, the Liberty Times reported Tuesday.
Government departments including the Ministry of Labor and the National Development Council were discussing proposals to apply employment insurance to the foreign residents under the government’s current economic migrant policies.
If the proposals were approved, it would mean the APRC holders might benefit from a range of social welfare policies, including unemployment and children’s pay and professional training subsidies, according to the Liberty Times.
Employees who have to leave their job outside of their own volition should be able to apply for unemployment benefits if they had been covered by employment insurance by their employer, the Ministry of Labor reportedly said. [FULL STORY]
