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Labor rights groups and manpower agencies have voiced their opposition to the government’s threat to suspend the hiring of Filipino workers over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman.

TAIPEI — Decades ago Taiwan was one of the four fastest-growing economies in Asia. But factories have moved away since then, making China the region’s growth leader.  That dynamic has forced Taiwan to look increasingly to its Southeast Asian migrant workers to get the country's economy back on track.

Migrant workers in Taiwan employed as domestic staff or care providers work an average of 17.72 hours a day, while 44.32 percent say they work 24 hours a day, a survey commissioned by the government has shown.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Indonesian Economic and Trade Office to Taipei (IETO) has requested that Indonesian workers in Taiwan be covered by a minimum wage of NT$19,047 (S$791).

Taipei, April 23 (CNA) The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) said Tuesday that it will exchange views with the Indonesian authorities that recently asked local employers who hire Indonesian workers to match the minimum wage set in Taiwan's Labor Standards Act.

In response to an alleged case of use of excessive force by its officers, National Immigration Agency (NIA) Director-General Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) yesterday pledged to instruct NIA staff to use discretion in making arrests of runaway migrant workers.

Taipei, April 18 (CNA) The director-general of the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Thursday that there are loopholes in the immigration laws that can hinder efforts to stamp out marriages of convenience and control the number of people residing in Taiwan illegally.

Taipei, April 15 (CNA) A Vietnamese migrant worker ran away Monday, shortly before he was due to board a flight at Taiwan Taoyuan International airport bound for his home country, the Aviation Police Office reported.