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【Taiwan Immigrants’ Global News Network】Edited by Raymond Rodriguez
Recently, there has been a slight increase in Covid-19 cases of migrant workers. The Taichung City Government Labor Affairs Bureau (台中市政府勞工局) has continued to patrol around the "ASEAN Square, Taichung Park, and Taichung railway station" where migrant workers often gather, and use English, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, and other languages of migrant workers' to promote epidemic prevention announcements. They remind employers and migrant workers to wash hands frequently, wear masks, reduce group gatherings, maintain safe social distance, and pay attention to their own health.
Information on COVID-19 related expenses for migrant workers. Photo/Provided by Taichung Labor Affairs Bureau
Taichung City Government Labor Affairs Bureau Director Chang Ta-chun (張大春) said that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, in addition to informing migrant workers through manpower agencies, the bureau has requested for the assistance of public transportation companies, medical institutions, religious organizations, parks, markets, and business districts to post announcements and actively record audio files in four languages for employers and related units to download and use. This is to remind employers and migrant workers that epidemic prevention work cannot be relaxed. Labor affairs bureau staff walk around with simple signs and posters printed in multiple languages to remind employers and migrant workers about epidemic prevention.
The vaccine reservation platform adds the qualifications for receiving the Medigen vaccine in the reservation platform. Photo/Provided by Taichung Labor Affairs Bureau
In addition, the Workforce Development Agency of the Ministry of Labor (勞動部勞動力發展署) has produced the "Multilingual Vaccine Appointment System Operating Instructions" (多國語言預約疫苗系統操作說明). Any migrant worker who has national health insurance can register and make an appointment on the "COVID-19 Vaccination Registration and Appointment Registration Platform" (COVID-19公費疫苗預約平台) if they meet the qualifications for vaccination. At the same time, employers are reminded that the COVID-19 vaccination is not mandatory, but employers or manpower agencies should encourage migrant workers to get vaccinated and assist them in making appointments. They should respect the migrant workers’ willingness to receive the vaccine and should not force the migrant workers.
