- Taiwan expands direct hiring of Indonesian workers to new sectors
- Employers can bypass brokers via the Direct Hiring Service Center
- Move speeds hiring and promotes fair recruitment
The recent announcement by Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor (MOL) indicated a new agreement with the Indonesian government for the further expansion of the country's Direct Hiring program to more sectors.
The program was initially launched in 2019 for project-based recruitment of Indonesian workers in the manufacturing sector but was later expanded in 2024 to cover healthcare and agricultural workers also.
The new framework will allow employers in the construction, slaughtering, and offshore fishing sectors in Taiwan to recruit workers from Indonesia directly, through the MOL’s Direct Hiring Service Center (DHSC), without involving private brokers.
The DHSC, upon receipt of employer’s staffing requirements, will recruit three to five times the needed candidates, thus giving the employers the option of worker selection through document review, video interview or in-person meetings overseas.
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The Ministry of Labor (MOL) underscored the fact that the system it is going to implement is aimed at speeding up recruitment times, cutting costs for both parties and giving more adaptability to the whole recruitment process.
Furthermore, the ministry pointed out that the whole project conforms to the practices of international fair recruitment, which means that it will be transparency, information equally accessible, and therefore, a lower risk of exploitation.
The Direct Hiring Service Center (DHSC), which was set up in 2007, has the main goal of promoting a worker-friendly recruitment atmosphere and at the same time reducing the use of intermediaries. It provides legal advice, takes care of the processing of applications, assists migrant workers who want to change jobs, and offers bilingual services in English, Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese.
Taiwan by widening the Direct Hiring program aims to facilitate foreign worker recruitment, provide better protections for migrant workers and fulfill the needs of labor in the main sectors of economy while practicing fair and transparent hiring concurrently.