Foreign Workers in Foreign Workers in TaiwanTaiwan

Hong, Jon-ChaoHong, Jon-Chao

National Taiwan Normal UniversityNational Taiwan Normal University

A 、 Foreign workers in Taiwan

B 、 Policies on Foreign Workers

C 、 Social integration of foreigners

living in Taiwan

AA 、、 Foreign workers in TaiwanForeign workers in Taiwan

1. Purposes of immigranting Foreign Worker

(1) Solving the problems of labor shortages

(2) Encouraging SMEs

(3) Increasing national competitiveness &

speeding up public construction

(4) Providing sufficient caretakers

AA 、、 Foreign workers in Foreign workers in TaiwanTaiwan2. Classification of Foreign Workers

(1) Major Infrastructure/Construction

(2) The Major Investment Projects of

Manufacture Industry

(3) Housekeeper

(4) Home Care Assistant

(5) Foreign Shipmates

AA 、、 Foreign workers in Foreign workers in TaiwanTaiwan3. Statistics of Foreign Workers in Taiwan (1) Number of Foreign Workers in Taiwan: Classified by industries allowed to hire foreign workers

Number of People:

AA 、、 Foreign workers in Foreign workers in TaiwanTaiwan3. Statistics of Foreign Workers in Taiwan (2) Number of Foreign Workers in Taiwan 一 Classified by Industries

Number of People:

AA 、、 Foreign workers in Foreign workers in TaiwanTaiwan3. Statistics of Foreign Workers in Taiwan (3) Number of Foreign Workers in Taiwan 一 Classified by Nationality

Number of People:

AA 、、 Foreign workers in Foreign workers in TaiwanTaiwan3. Statistics of Foreign Workers in Taiwan (4) Number of Foreign Workers in Taiwan’s Manufacture Industry:

Classified by five manufacture industries hiring most foreign workers

Number of People:

AA 、、 Foreign workers in Foreign workers in TaiwanTaiwan

3. Statistics of Foreign Workers in Taiwan (5) Number of Missing Foreign Workers: Classified by Nationality

Number of People:

Note ： Missing Rate=Number of Missing Workers/Average Number of Foreign worker in Taiwan*100%

AA 、、 Foreign workers in Foreign workers in TaiwanTaiwan3. Statistics of Foreign Workers in Taiwan (6) Classification of Number of Foreign workers in Taiwan by Nationality and Age

(Until the end of Aug, 2005)

Number of People:

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

1. The Main Points of Current Policies for Foreign Workers

(1) The principles to introduce foreign

workers

(2) Tighten to numbers of foreign workers

(3) Salary rationalized schemes

(4) Employers shall not violet the related laws

(5) To safeguard the basic rights of foreign workers

(6) “Approval and Management Regulations Governing the Employment of Foreign Nationals”

(7) Introducing fee’s adjustment

(8) To promote the related measures

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

2. Employment and Management of Foreign Workers

(1) Working permission for foreign

workers with application

(2) The providing of Reasonable working

condition

(3) The high lighten agreement of contract

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

(4) The limitation of working period—

Extension period

(5) The limitation of working period—

Contracts terminated

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

3. The Transferring of Foreign Workers

(1) Employers died or emigrated

(2) Employer’s boats were detained, sunk

or in repairs

(3) The employers closed their factories,

went out of business

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

(4) The other matters that the foreign

workers should bear no responsibility

(5) Regulation for paying employment

stability fees for foreign workers

(6) Transferring foreign worker to

other new employers

(7) Medical examination

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

(8) 3 days limited to report missing foreign workers

(9) The necessary fees should paid by employers

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

4. Lowering down the brokerage fee for foreign workers

(1) CLA revised the regulation about brokerage

(2) brokerage should not over one month foreign workers’ basic wages

(3) To Promote direct hiring programs

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

(4) Government revised the regulation to open NPO

(5) The precaution schemes of overcharging brokerage

(6) The approaches to reduce broker’s fees

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

5. Stopping unjustified repatriation

(1) Regulations on the Permission and

Administration of the Employer of

Foreign Persons

(2) Foreign workers counseling service

centers

(3) The preventive means of foreign

worker’s repatriation

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

6. Prohibition of any form of forced

conducts or discrimination

(1) To prevent foreign workers from

disappearing

(2) The marriage or pregnancy regulations

(3) “ Gender Equality in Employment Law”

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

7. Protection of physical safety

(1) Systems and guidelines

(2) Hot line service

(3) Guidebook

(4) Excluded right to hire foreign workers

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

8. Establish counseling Service Network for Foreign workers

* 24 counseling and Service center

* Toll-free hot lines with bilingual speakers

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

9. Ensuring the employers pay the salary according to labor contract

(1) CLA revised the regulations to ensure the workers’ salary

(2) Salary slip as an evidence in the court

(3) Day-to-Day Management Plan

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

10. The financial management for foreign workers

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

11. Preventing occupational accidents

(1) Medical check-ups and safety seminars

are required

(2) Educational kit

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

BB 、、 Policies on Policies on Foreign workers Foreign workers

(3) The statistics analyses of occupational

accidents

(4) General accident labor insurance

program

(5) Task force for occupational accidents

C. Social integration of C. Social integration of foreigners living in Taiwan foreigners living in Taiwan

1. More efforts on Day-to-Day counseling

(1) To adapt to the life style in Taiwan

(2) 24 counseling service center and

hot lines

(3) Assign full-time management

Assign bilingual workers

(4) Foreign workers in strict accordance

with the “Day-to Day Management Plan”

2. Prevent unjustified tax pre-deduction

(1) Employers have to obey tax payment

regulations

(2) “What foreign works in Taiwan need to know” published by CLA to help foreign workers

(3) Investigation efforts have also been made by CLA

C. Social integration of C. Social integration of foreigners living in Taiwan foreigners living in Taiwan

C. Social integration of C. Social integration of foreigners living in Taiwanforeigners living in Taiwan3. Join the Labor Insurance & National

Health Insurance Systems

*Labor Insurance

*National Health Insurance

4. Organize recreational activities

*Series of recreational activities

--radio programs

--cultural events

C. Social integration of C. Social integration of foreigners living in Taiwan foreigners living in Taiwan

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