Taipei, May 30 (CNA) A coalition of migrant workers' rights groups rallied Tuesday outside the Ministry of Labor (MOL), urging it to suspend a plan to recruit an additional 28,600 migrant workers in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and caregiving without addressing the underlying issues in those sectors.
Taipei, Oct. 18 (CNA) The Supreme Court on Monday upheld lower court verdicts that sentenced two former police officers to at least eight years in jail for demanding or taking bribes from migrant workers who illegally left their jobs to allow them to go free.
Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) A group of Filipino migrant workers gathered in front of the Control Yuan in Taipei on Monday, calling for an investigation into the handling of their complaints to the local government labor office in Kaohsiung.
Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) The government's decision to raise the minimum wage for live-in migrant caregivers and domestic helpers may help to ease the current labor shortage, but it does little to make Taiwan an internationally competitive destination for such workers, a labor rights activist told CNA.