Migrant workers have been enjoying better labor protection in Taiwan since a controversial five-day-workweek policy was implemented in August last year.
The Department of Labor of Taoyuan, northwestern Taiwan, says the amount of overtime pay for migrant workers who sought help from the department was NT$14 million (more than US$463,500) in the first half of this year. It said that was an increase from a year ago, according to a report by United Daily News, but it did not disclose the amount of overtime pay in the first half of 2016.
The number of labor disputes in Taoyuan, which has 20,000 foreign caregivers and 70,000 migrant factory workers, reached 1,907 in the first half of the year, most of which were due to issues involving overtime pay, it said. A total of 504 cases were settled.
Other employer malpractices included treating workers improperly, taking away employees’ passports, and discrimination.
The five-day-week policy, launched by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, ensures that a worker can enjoy one fixed holiday per week and another flexible rest day. A worker can get overtime pay if he or she is required to work on the flexible rest day.
Since the new rule was implemented in August 2016, the amount of outstanding overtime pay increased as migrant workers were entitled to higher wages, said Chang Cher-hung, chief of the Foreign Workers Service Section.
Chang said employers who failed to pay their employees overtime could be subject to fines ranging from NT$20,000 to NT$1 million.
The new rule was also implemented in other parts of Taiwan but local governments can set their own pace of launching penalties.
Maliit man po o malaki ang nightshift def. . .malak8ng bagay yun para sa manga gastusin. . .natin. . .
It is not merely decent labour laws that Taiwan needs, but also the implementation of those laws. Having these seemingly respectable laws on the books is not half as imporatnt as seeing to it that they are adequately implemented (something that seldom happens here).
Some company dont pay overtime,we are scared that we will be punished if we tell to goverment..
Over 4hrs is not paid..
I mean one day a month holiday.
How much should be the ober time pay for caregiver. Because they only give us 1day a month. We only have i think 2 thousand plus overtime pay for the whole month and it was fix.
Jason Ang. Kasama ang caregiver pero ang domestic Helper hindi.
Pucha kmi wala na ot cmula pa nung jan. Dami na nagresign na chekwa sa amin….gusto nmin mgpalipat ayaw nmn kmi payagan
cover po ba nito lahat ng company all over taiwan?
samin din walang night differential. �� May ot pero 13k lang din sahod. Parang wala din
Dito nmn s amin kasama s basic salary ang night differential, production allowance, meal allowance at allowance nmin..kaya mababa din sahod
Jason Ang . Prng malabo kcng pkialamn ng gov. To. . . Number 1 daw kc to compny marming pera . . Cla lng mrming pera . Pero employee wala . .
U can’t do anything? Di ba kayo dumaan ng PDOS sa Pinas, at pati na rin sa Taoyuan Airport kung saan binibigyan kayo ng 30 minutes na orientation upon arrival ? Tsl tsk
Di mo ba alam ang Complaint hotline na 1955? ��
Sad to say, there’s no law regulation regarding night shift work
Caregivers and Domestic Helpers are NOT included in the Labors Standards Law.
Caregivers and Domestic Helpers are NOT included in the Labors Standards Law.
Sa amin d2 sa spil changhua 11 hrs trabaho namin night shift nagsumbong kami sa hr namin lalong lumala pinag initan kami ng aming line leader kaya idaan na lang sa dasal dyos na lang bahala
Malaki din pala talaga ang nawawala sa amin, kasi ung sabado na pasok namin ay normal working hours as in hindi po siya full overtime payment kaya 35k ang sinasahod namin kahit isang araw sa isang buwan lang ang day off namin at hanggang 10:30 ng gabi ang overtime namin..
Jhoven Gatchalian magkanu po ang ot rate nyu?
Saamin ngayun sir implemented na magmula nung nagsampa kame ng kaso laban sa company namin…ngayon lumaki na sahod namin.