New ‘one-stop service’ for overseas home-based staff kicks off

Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) A brand new “one-stop service” that includes prolonged pre-employment orientation for newly arriving migrant home helpers and caregivers has kicked off with a complete of 60 staff coming into this system, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) stated Monday.

Of the 60 new staff who arrived within the early hours of Monday after a number of hours of flight delays, 59 had been Indonesian and one was Vietnamese, the MOL’s Workforce Improvement Company stated in an announcement.

Beginning Jan. 1, all newly arriving home-based migrant caretakers and home helpers are required to endure a three-day, two-night pre-employment orientation program at a location in Taoyuan in northern Taiwan or Kaohsiung within the south.

Earlier than that, migrant staff coming into Taiwan acquired a 30-minute course on native legal guidelines and staff’ rights on the airport.

The prolonged program is a part of a brand new “one-stop service” that considerably shortens the time wanted for migrant staff to finish entry registration, receive work permits, residency playing cards and be a part of the Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage system.

The orientation, performed within the native languages of the employees, who’re Indonesian, Vietnamese, Filipino and Thai, goals to assist them higher perceive occupational well being and security, labor rights, illness prevention, and common details about working in Taiwan, to allow them to combine extra simply into native society, the WDA stated.

In the meantime, the 2 facilities, positioned in Taoyuan’s Longtan District and Kaohsiung’s Siaogang District, present free Wifi for migrant staff to attach with their households and mates, and have studying and leisure areas, together with desk tennis services, the WDA stated.

One of many contributors, an Indonesian employee named Umi, stated it’s her first time in Taiwan and he or she feels very completely satisfied and protected enterprise this system with instructors who can converse her native language.

Lots of her mates who labored in Taiwan prior to now needed to discover out the data they wanted by themselves, Umi stated.

She additionally initially thought there would not be many meals choices for Muslims however was stunned to search out that the meals supplied and prayer room on the heart cater to her spiritual wants, Umi added.

In the meantime, a Vietnamese employee, surnamed Nguyen, stated after checking in to the middle, she wished to see extra of Taiwan, particularly the enduring Taipei 101 constructing, Taipei Zoo, and even for a visit to jap Taiwan’s scenic Taitung.

In accordance with the MOL, the orientation program will start with newly arrived home-based migrant caretakers and home helpers earlier than it’s evaluated and ultimately expanded to incorporate all migrant staff.

There are 725,367 migrant staff in Taiwan, in keeping with information launched by the MOL on the finish of November.

Migrant staff play a serious function within the native financial system and society and convey with them their very own traditions, tradition and religion, which make Taiwan a extra multicultural and vibrant society, in keeping with the ministry.