Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) officials yesterday met with a Vietnamese labor official in an effort to solve the high rate of runaways among Vietnamese migrant workers in Taiwan.
"During the meeting, the deputy chief of the Vietnamese labor department, Nguyen Luong Trao, came up with a five-point proposal which aims to reduce the high runaway rate. The CLA will give the Vietnamese authorities some time to test the effectiveness of their proposal. However, if the runaway rate remains high, the CLA is considering placing a sanction on incoming Vietnamese workers," Kuo Fang-yu (郭芳煜), director of the Employment and Vocational Training Administration under the CLA, said yesterday.
According to Kuo, the five points in the plan were: creating a name list of runaway workers, suspending for 85 days the operating licenses of Vietnamese employment agencies who have a high rate of runaway workers, establishing a direct employment system between Taiwan and Vietnam, revising Vietnamese labor laws to discourage workers from running away from their jobs and bringing Vietnamese employment agencies to Taiwan to help manage workers here.
"From the CLA's perspective, these five points ... do not seem to be very practical. However, since the Vietnamese authorities were sincere about improving the situation, we will give them some time to work on the issue," Kuo said.
The name list is aimed at determining where in Vietnam most runaway workers come from so agencies can be discouraged from seeking workers in those places.
"In addition, the suspension of operating licenses for only 85 days is not going to solve the problem. The licenses should be suspended for good," Kuo said.
Regarding the direct employment proposal, Kuo stated that even if it is applied, there is no way to assess the Vietnamese workforce in Taiwan.
"A more practical way is perhaps to reduce the agency fees," Kuo said.
The fifth point proposed by Nyugen was to bring 10 to 15 Vietnamese employment agencies to Taiwan to help manage employment issues here.
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