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/ Staff reporter, with CNAThe minimum wage for live-in migrant caregivers and domestic helpers on contracts dated from yesterday has been increased to NT$20,000 （US$668） from NT$17,000, the Ministry of Labor said on Wednesday.
The minimum wage for live-in migrant caregivers and domestic helpers on contracts dated from yesterday has been increased to NT$20,000 (US$668) from NT$17,000, the Ministry of Labor said on Wednesday.
The increase of more than 17 percent is the first since 2015 for family-based migrant workers, whose minimum wage was NT$8,250 lower than the standard minimum wage.
The new minimum wage would apply to workers signing their first work or new contracts in Taiwan, the ministry said.
However, the new minimum wage would not affect contracts signed before yesterday.
The ministry also suggested that employers increase the monthly salaries of live-in migrant caregivers