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Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) The employers of about 150,000 live-in migrant caregivers in Taiwan are required to pay the quarterly compulsory work-related injury insurance premium on their behalf, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Tuesday as it prepared to send out the latest premium payment notifications.
Taipei, June 14 (CNA) Apple Online, the sister website of Hong Kong's now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, plans to lay off 280 employees in August, a Taipei Department of Labor official said Tuesday.
The government should not change labor pension fund management regulations to allow workers to select their own investment targets, workers’ rights advocates told a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
“We urge the Ministry of Labor to maintain its position on the issue and resist lobbying from securities investment firms, which have been coveting this fat cow [labor pension funds] for years,” Taiwan Labor Front secretary-general Son Yu-liam (孫友聯) said, adding that the group is also planning to petition lawmakers to resist the change.
At the center of the issue is the state-run Labor Pension Fund, which has accumulated about NT$3.1