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Date: 2018/12/17
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)
Credit: TIWA Facebook
Migrant workers are demanding the Ministry of Labor (MoL) clamp down on brokers who illegally charge workers recruitment fees to get new contracts.
According to the Taiwan International Workers’ Association (TIWA), it is now commonplace for brokers to charge the so-called “job-buying fees,” especially following the 2016 amendment to the Employment Service Act (ESA).
The amendment abolished the requirement that foreign workers must leave Taiwan for one day after three years of employment in order to be eligible to re-enter to renew their contracts or begin work on a new contract. It also relieved migrant workers from another placement fee payment.
However, the lack of a job-matching mechanism operated by the government means workers are still forced to use brokers to secure a new contract because most job search channels are still dominated by such brokerages. [FULL STORY]
