The Council of the Labor Affairs (CLA) has launched a campaign to raise awareness of recent changes to regulations for foreign workers. In a public statement, the CLA said it will begin broadcasts and pamphlet distribution on Sept. 1 to publicize changes to the Employment Services Law (就業服務法), which regulates foreign labor. One change the CLA will highlight is the system of direct employment of foreign workers that was introduced last month.
"There is a great discrepancy among the quality of employment agents that import foreign workers, which leads to harmful competition and service fee overcharges. Therefore, related regulations in the Employment Services Law have been amended to penalize such employment agencies -- and to establish cooperation with foreign countries to set up the direct employment system," stated the CLA.
Another recent change is the elimination of the requirement that foreign teachers get a mandatory physical checkup. After strong opposition to the requirement, the CLA scrapped it, and amend the related article in the Employment Services Law. The law now leaves it up to the school where a foreign teacher works to decide whether a physical checkup is required.
The CLA has made pamphlets which clarify legal regulations for the employment of foreign workers. They are printed in Thai, English, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Mongolian. Pamphlets can be picked up starting Sept. 1 at the Taipei trade offices of foreign workers' countries of origin, employment agencies, police stations and government offices such as the Bureau of Immigration.
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