Migrant worker groups demonstrated ahead of International Domestic Workers’ Day earlier this month to call for the inclusion of migrant workers in the labor insurance system...
Labor groups rallied at the Ministry of Labor to call for an end to the 12-to-14 year working limit for migrant workers last Sunday, May 18, 2025. They also demanded reform of the long-term retention scheme for “mid-level skilled workers” as well as the promotion of direct hiring and gradual abolishment of the broker system...
The Ministry of Labor has halted a plan that would have opened up six new categories of work to foreign students who have graduated from university in Taiwan. These new categories are in nursing, driving buses, cargo inventory, cargo vehicle driving, safety personnel for buses, and inventory management...
An escalation of tensions in the Taiwan Strait—whether it transpires as a maritime blockade or a kinetic attack—would bring about disastrous social and economic consequences. Given the importance of the Taiwan Strait to international maritime trade and Taiwan’s critical role in supply chains of strategic technologies, including semiconductors, crisis scenarios consider several grave repercussions. These include immediate disruptions to global economic activity valued at over two trillion dollars, threats to Japan’s energy security, and shortages in the EU, which would exacerbate economic inequality, poverty, and the functioning of critical sectors...
In its quest to diversify its political and economic engagements with the world, Taiwan keeps looking south. At the recent Yushan Forum, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation Chairman Michael Hsiao proudly announced the launch of six new strategic corridors under the framework of the New Southbound Policy (NSP). This includes government-led initiatives to facilitate cooperation on technology, health, and resilience, as well as think tank, NGO, and youth corridors led by civil society...
On Sunday, dozens of migrant workers in Taipei gathered at the city’s central train station to protest gender violence against migrant women as well as raise awareness about the plight of Palestinian women and children through a flash mob performance. This was in celebration of “One Billion Rising”, an annual campaign against rape and gender violence held in 60 countries worldwide. The name comes from a statistic that within their lifetime, at least one in three women across the world will have encountered gender violence, which totals to around one billion people...
The Ministry of Labor has released new guidelines on the rights of female migrant workers. Nevertheless, it is to be seen whether the guidelines rectify a longstanding problem in Taiwanese society. One issue of note facing female migrant workers is that many have their work terminated after becoming pregnant. 6,000 female migrant workers become pregnant in Taiwan each year, but 78% of migrant workers who receive maternity benefits end their contracts and return to their home countries...
Migrant worker advocacy groups demonstrated on Wednesday, December 18th. This marked International Migrant Workers’ Day. To mark this, organizations demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Labor...
Migrant workers demonstrated outside of the Ministry of Health and Welfare earlier this month, to call for the inclusion of migrant caregivers in the long-term healthcare system...
