About 80,000 migrant workers in Taiwan whose contracts are up for renewal have been granted permission to stay, the Ministry of Labor reported on Thursday.
In bid of create greater convenience for employers and boost workers’ rights, the national government has scrapped a requirement that migrant workers must depart temporarily once they reached the end of the period they are permitted to stay, Taiwan Times reported.
Between November 5, 2016 and the end of August 2017, some 78,917 migrant workers – about a third of the total number who applied – have been benefited from a change to Article 52 of the Employment Services Act, which says that they do not have to leave Taiwan and can continue working.
However, 22.5% of applications to continue working in the country without having to depart were rejected by the Workforce Development Agency due to the lack of a signed employment agreement – which has to be drafted two to four months prior to the end of the present contract.
Nearly half of all applications (49.95%) for migrant workers to be rehired were denied because they lacked documents such as letters of recruitment or an entry visa for the workers, The Commons Daily reported, citing data from the agency.
Chiu Yueh-yun, head of the Workforce Development Agency, stressed that employers have to prepare a new letter of recruitment and a signed employment agreement between both parties so that workers can gain permission to stay on.
so it means to say n ang 1day exit is nag last ng august nd pho b?kz from nov~august?kz mraming nagttanong n kng ttoo bng wla ng 1day exit..at mgkaiba b ang labor code process ng factory s dh?kz bkit 12yrs s factory at 14yrs s dh o cre giver
Hindi p naaprubahan,,pero kung 12years kna at gusto mo png magwork same employer dinideretso nila ng 3yrs ang panibago mong kontrata kaya maging 15..
12year s k pwede k ng hindi uuwi,,diretso n ang contract mo,,pero need to process 4months bago ma expire ang 12yrs mo,,same employer
Good for the others… In our company we still need to go home and pay a f….. Placement fee even though that we are rehired…
Mcbride Angelie so continuous na ba yan,,hanto sawa?
hanggang 12yrs lang b talaga sa factory workers, so sad naman kasi na 4x kami nag placement, umuwi ako oct. bumalik ako jan. nag placement ako ng 80k again same company, kami na matatagal na at loyal hindin man lang makaranas ng ganito, ang mga bago dating s amin 50k placement then continuos p, wala man lang b chance n makabawi kami