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Foreign laborers are able to transfer to a new employer with the agreement of the original employer, foreign...

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Foreign laborers are able to transfer to a new employer with the agreement of the original employer, foreign...

News From:Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training
Date:2007-12-11
In the future foreign laborers are able to transfer to a new employer with the agreement of the original employer, the foreign laborer, and the new employer, which can shorten the waiting period of occupational transfers and enable the employers in need of manpower supplies to gain immediate support. This measure will be implemented in the next year.

To secure occupational interests of the foreign laborers, to lower the rate of transfer disability, and to shorten the time spent by the employer on transfer or administrative operations, the Council of Labor Affairs has indicated that, the revisions of the related regulations are in processing. In the future, with the agreement from the original employer, the foreign laborer, and the new employer, a transfer application can be submitted to the Council of Labor Affairs directly, which can simplify the procedures required by transferring, will be available after the public announcement by the employment services centers. Meanwhile, the restraints of cross-regional transfers of foreign laborers are also nullified; moreover, the current regulations governing transfer operation frequency 3-6 times is altered, the transfer period cannot exceed 60 days.

In addition,, to increase the opportunity of foreign laborers employer transfers, in addition to the cross-industrial transfers due to personal safety persecution, or other special matters, foreign laborers, with recruitment approval letters, or those equipped with qualifications to recruit foreigners, can continuously recruit. Foreign laborers are able to transfer employers freely, cross-industrially. 

To reveal sufficient information of employer transfers, the Council of Labor is engaging in the institution of ‘Internet operation systems of foreign laborer employer transfers and an employment transfer database’. The revision and preview processes of Items 8-11, of Paragraph 1, of Article 46 of Foreign Employment in the Employment Services Act governing employer transfers or employment process standards is completed. The revision is to be implemented by the end of this year and announced in the beginning of next year. 
  • Source:Workforce Development Agency
  • Publication Date:2007-12-11
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