Taiwan may ban RI, Thai laborers<\/p>\n
Taiwan may prevent new workers coming from Indonesia and
\nThailand next year if the two countries continue to reject pay
\ncuts for foreign labor, an official said Friday.<\/p>\n
The Taiwan labor authorities in November slashed minimum
\nmonthly wages for foreign workers by as much as 25 percent from
\n15,840 Taiwan dollars (US$451) to offset employers' costs in
\nproviding food and board.<\/p>\n
The cuts are estimated to save local employers nearly $10
\nbillion a year.<\/p>\n
However, Indonesia and Thailand have so far refused to accept
\nthe new terms and have stopped new workers going to Taiwan under
\nthe new terms, according to the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA).<\/p>\n
\"We will have no choice but to freeze labor imports from the
\ntwo countries starting Jan.1 if we don't hear from them by the
\nend of this month,\" the CLA official told AFP.<\/p>\n
Taiwan's total foreign workforce stood at 312,279 in November,
\nof which 223,680 were from Indonesia and Thailand while the rest
\nwere from the Philippines and Vietnam.<\/p>\n
But the official said the supply of foreign labor would not be
\naffected by the freeze, since employers could still hire workers
\nfrom the Philippines and Vietnam.<\/p>\n
The government was also exploring the possibility of importing
\nworkers next year from North Korea, India, Mongolia, Sri Lanka
\nand Myanmar, he said. --AFP<\/p>",
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