Philippine Representative to Taiwan Wilfredo Fernandez is hoping that a replacement fee averaging 60,000 Philippine pesos (about US$1,190) paid by Filipino migrant workers to recruitment agencies would be abolished.
“Sixty thousand pesos could mean one hectare of land in the provinces, so that those who can keep their land will have something they can build on, so that agriculture may flourish. It is only right that you just don’t make exorbitant money on the sweat of the workers. That is ungodly. That’s criminal,” Fernandez said in an interview on Tuesday.
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Employers to be fined if found providing substandard dorms
12/15/2020 10:34 PM
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Taipei, Dec. 15 (CNA) Employers of migrant workers could face a maximum fine of NT$300,000 (US$10,555) if they are found to have failed to ensure that labor brokers provide safe and clean dormitories for migrant workers they have hired, a Ministry of Labor (MOL) official said Tuesday.
In addition to the fine, employers could also be banned from hiring migrant workers for two years, said Paul Su (蘇裕國), deputy director of the MOL s Cross-Border Workforce Management Division.
Su made the comments while explaining the MOL s proposed draft amendment to the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers that will hold employers of migrant workers responsible for providing proper accommodation for their foreign employees.