New Taipei City is to open an annual worker-focused singing contest to migrant workers for the first time this year, giving them a chance to win the NT$300,000 cash prize at the event’s 16th edition, the city’s Labor Affairs Department said on Tuesday.
The Labor Star Singing Competition, which begins with a preliminary round on July 23, is to include a “migrant group” category for people who have lived or worked in New Taipei City in the past three years.
The event’s other categories which are open only to Taiwanese are the “vitality star group” for workers aged 18 to
New Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Around 5,000 people turned out for a concert headlined by Taiwan-based Filipino rapper Angelito Victoriano Penuaga in New Taipei Sunday to mark the 124th anniversary of Philippine independence.
Uber and other food delivery firms must insure drivers against accidents that result in death or permanent disability, an ordinance passed by the New Taipei City Council on Thursday says.
The ordinance applies to delivery platforms that are registered or provide services in the city, New Taipei City Labor Affairs Department Commissioner Chen Jui-chia (陳瑞嘉) said.
Platforms that rely on contract drivers are required to provide accident insurance guaranteeing compensation of at least NT$3 million (US$101,163), in addition to medical insurance for work-related injuries that provides full coverage or a per diem policy, Chen said.
Contravening the rules would result in a fine