I mean, that’s not really unusual. I don’t have the energy to list the ways people/corporations with hundreds of millions of dollars claim they have nothing at all in the case of a lawsuit, causing average to no wealth people that are harmed by them to get nothing at all in the case of a suit. J&J and their baby powder, Boy Scouts of America and their abuse of little boys…
Good to know. It was the tone of the whole post that made me wonder.
I’m curious, in those 10 years you knew her, how was she on a personal level? Aside from the money issue, was she nice to you? Did you consider yourselves friends?
It wasn’t his job to make deals or decisions, he shouldn’t have gotten himself involved like he did. I can only speculate on his motivation, but xenophobia comes quickly to mind…
One American became so famous for it, he was elected president !
I still choose to read MF.
I’m not dealing with a corporation here, it’s a small, family business. In the UK, as a creditor, if a company won’t pay a debt you can seize their property or apply for a winding-up order. Here in Taiwan there seems no mechanism to stop people from continuing to trade even as they refuse to pay a debt.
Well, another part of my claim has fallen victim to the same deal-making, it seems. The judge ordered the ex-boss to pay employment insurance premiums from the day of my hire and a 10x fine of that total. No reference to the agency having any discretion in the matter, and in accordance with the penal provisions in the Employment Insurance Act. Instead the Bureau of Labor Insurance told me on the phone that the ex-boss registered as a labor unit and is only going to pay three years of premiums and a 10x fine. There appears to have been a deal, and the official was already hiding behind “personal data” concerns to hide the amount of the fine.* I have drafted a letter requiring detailed responses to my questions, and will make another filing to the court if the agency chooses not to carry out the court’s instructions.
*Clearly this is a moronic argument because, as the data subject, I have the right to know how much was contributed in employment insurance premiums on my behalf and can then infer the fine from that figure. Also, the ex-boss is already clearly identified as the person who must make the payments, so their identity is not being disclosed.
I guess now it’s clear that dirty tricks are normal for being a worker in Taiwan.
Pretty disgusting but nothing surprises me about Taiwan law and the lack thereof when it comes to foreigners. And not even just foreigners. That illegal hotel in taidong that was supposed to be torn down thumbed their nose at the courts for years and got away with it. Just got to be connected well.
Taidong is, in many parts of its governance, a corrupt fiefdom.
Thankfully HG is not dealing in any way with them.
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If you are suing her personally then of course you can’t take property registered to a limited company.
If you are suing the company, then how can you tape up her house?
Same in the UK. That is the whole purpose of a limited company.
She may be a sole proprietor in which case her personal assets are not protected.
If that even exists in Taiwan.
Ok, then why are the computers off limits?
Either she is a limited company and either the company or the personal assistant are off limit. Depending on who was sued.
Or
It is not a limited company and everything is up for grabs.
Because she is the sole registered owner of the school I can freeze either the school’s assets or her personal assets. This is not conjecture because the tax office supplied the relevant information and then the court accepted the application and froze her personal assets.
Bingo. Sole owner.
You just said
But earlier
So what does this mean?
She can carry on trading but can’t sell the company?
No. She can list her school’s assets as zero yet continue trading.
I’ll make the assumption that the business owner is technically renting everything they’re using. Even the computers and BMW will be lease or hire purchase. The books will be owned by some parent company. The premises rented from another company (not subject to the lawsuit even if owned by the business owner).
No, the books, of which there are thousands, are purchased through the school account with Cave’s Books. Who rents tables and chairs? Hell, I’d even take all the markers away.
It’s academic, but the fact remains that she can list cash reserves of zero and no assets and so frustrate freezing the assets she clearly makes daily use of in her school operation. But fine, she never thought her property would be frozen and that did the trick of making her begin to pay.