On the 14th July 2015, the Taiwanese Ministry of Labour revealed that from 2016 onwards, the Taiwanese workforce would reduce by 180,000 workers annually, which is why the Ministry has expanded quotas for foreign workers. Taiwan will continue efforts to motivate labour exporting countries to create an effective worker selection system, whereby campaigning for more direct employment of foreign workers. Furthermore, Taiwan has clear measures stating that employers must be open for local workers first before applying for foreign worker quotas, whereby employers must contribute to the Taiwanese social security fund for the foreign workers too.
On the 14th July 2015, the Taiwanese Ministry of Labour revealed that from 2016 onwards, the Taiwanese workforce would reduce by 180,000 workers annually, which is why the Ministry has expanded quotas for foreign workers. Taiwan will continue efforts to motivate labour exporting countries to create an effective worker selection system, whereby campaigning for more direct employment of foreign workers. Furthermore, Taiwan has clear measures stating that employers must be open for local workers first before applying for foreign worker quotas, whereby employers must contribute to the Taiwanese social security fund for the foreign workers too.
At present, Taiwan has started to enter an aging society; that is, there are less new borns and at the same time, an increasing population of elderly workers which one reason that impacts the increasing shortage of workers in Taiwan. This is especially the case for jobs in the industrial sector where the nature of jobs are relatively dangerous or dirty. The statistics for people with Alzheimer’s in Taiwan has also shown growth, and is thus another contributing factor for Taiwan’s trend for hiring more foreign workers.
Labour Office in Taipei
