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.
gusto ko sna,kc d aq binibigyan ng ot ng leader nmin..ung mttgal lng meron..panu nmn ung my pamilya n katulad ko?
Sa SPIL.. Di nasunod sa basic salary.. Complete sampan and o.t di umaabot sa 20K NT…
Malinaw pa sa sikat ng Araw OFW Ang Pinag uusapan dyan, kung Ang Tanong mo kasama ba Viet , Thai , Indo. Baka Acceptable pa tanong mo..
Wla na kamo overtime.. Di na binibigyan ng overtime. Yan ang katotohanan… Kasi ayaw magbayad ng penalty ang mga company kapag nag over sa 46hrs ang ot… Kaya nganga ang mga pinoy…
sabi ng amo ng tita ko na nag work ngyn sa HK as DH, hindi maganda economya ng TW kaya ang mga companya dito ay dinidikdik mga tao nila na mag trabaho ng sagad at konti sahod…less expenses at gain more benefits sa kanila. kaya kau mga kapawa ko pinoy, work smart don’t work hard. iba kasi mga pinoy jan eh mxdo pakitang gilas para sa bunos daw. imbes na 100% lang output eh gumagawa pa ng 120-150% kaya tau din nahihirapan. mabilis ka man o mabagal…same lang din sahod niyo.
Maria Zhel Primavera ganun nga wala mga pki domistic helper boss ko nga no.1 na lumabag sa law nila using others name para lng mkauha ng housemaid
Tama…hirap kaya pang gabi
Tama..kung talagang nasunod ang mga buraot na employer,base on my experience
Jhoven Gatchalian san po agency nyo s pinas sir
s 5days b n un my ot dn
Akala kuba kasama mga care giver care tker
Bakit dito po sa amin sa Houli Taichung 2 lang O.T namin in 1 month,. Minsan 1 lang, and 8 hours lang ang O.T namin, kaya ang daming umuuwi nalang sa pilipinas,dahil maliit lang din sinasahod namin dito, nakakalungkot man pero pinagkakasya nalang.
#AUO
What if sa 5days rule may overtime pa kme bukod sa fixed holiday o.t si company ba dapat bayaran un?
Kasi minsan may overrime kme sa weekdays pero pag nareach na nmen ang 46hrs(fixed holiday o.t) hnd nla snsma ang weekdays na inovertime nmen..
Anghel Sa Lupa dto sa company namen,lahat nlng ng kadayaan,ginagawa bahay nga namen abot ng 5,300 evry month ginagawa pa kmeng sardinas sa kwarto,pag ngreklamo ka wala kang ot.tapos pag may nagsumbong sa labor,naku,,binabayarn lng daw ng company namen ung labor para manahimik at hindi na magsampa ng kaso..
Jason Ang sa company namen pag ngtanong ka bakit ganoon lang ang bayad sa ot,pagiinitan ka ng laufan,hindi ka lalo bbgyan ng ot..
how i wish taiwan labor government will find a way also to limit working hours to caregivers, we are sometimes required to take care ahkong/amah almost consuming our 24hrs.daily then we are obligue to work household chores+nagging words from the boss,so tiring double if we luck sleep,Yes! we admit that we came to taiwan to seek job for a living,and we dont seek cause of our death or sickness either ways.We should have the right to enjoy our given time for rest to regain strength the next day.How i wish there will be time shiftings,and facilities accommodating ofw off shifts,for better performance.so tiring sometimes to us who are now not permitted to have day off,its nt money matters its how we can set possible solutions to care for both employers and employees
Ang importante sumasahod hahaha
ang masaklap 17k lg nasasahud minsan.perfect attendance w/ot
Saan po pwede mag sumbong kase wala kami night differential..
Whatever