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[tando]

@Brianjones

Not unless he was paying labour insurance and officially laid off possibly …

It is employment insurance that gives some benefits when an employer is laid off.

[Brianjones]

Eh?Is that not laobao?

[tando]

labor insurance and employment insurance are different, and foreigners are not eligible to employment insurance unless their spouses are ROC citizens.

[dan2006]

I was under the impression that single APRC holders are required to be enrolled into pension and labor insurance as a mandatory rule by the company. Is this true?

[yyy]

@Brianjones

He may mean they don’t pay labour insurance contribution if they are part timers, less than 16 hours per week, something like that ?

But it seems buxobans don’t even need to pay labour insurance depending on what type of business they are registered as right…

Labor Insurance with ARC

If you have a normal work permit through a buxiban, the buxiban must (contractually) give you at least 6 hours of work (including lesson prep) per week if it’s your second, third or fourth work permit (while holding a permit with a main buxiban employer), or at least 14 hours per week if it’s your first one (the main one). And if you have a normal buxiban work permit, it’s very likely that your employer has filed a normal-looking buxiban teacher contract with the Workforce Development Agency i…

[yyy]

@dan2006

I was under the impression that single APRC holders are required to be enrolled into pension and labor insurance as a mandatory rule by the company. Is this true?

Yes to the new pension system for the last few years. Explanation:

Pensions for permanent residents

It looks like APRC holders will soon be switched to the “new system” i.e. the Labor Pension Act instead of the Labor Standards Act.

As for labor insurance, see other thread linked above.

As for employment insurance, you need to be married to a citizen (EIA Art. 5), but divorce or widowhood does not change your eligibility (Enforcement Rules of the EIA Art. 8-2).

[Brianjones]

@yyy

you need to be married to a citizen

Wow. Still didn’t change that .

[dan2006]

I’d say a lot of companies are in violation of the pension plan requirements (especially in the buxiban industry) I haven’t heard of any that enroll APRC teachers in the scheme.

Thanks for the links

[Fobbin]

You broke the encoded wording of the article!!!

[SuiGeneris]

Wait…

No APRC, but been in Taiwan for more than 11 years?

Or did I read that wrong? Is that the columnist or the author of the article?

[nz]

@SuiGeneris

No APRC, but been in Taiwan for more than 11 years?

It’s possible most of that was spent studying. Don’t student visas not count towards APRCs? Im pretty sure you need to be married or working to qualify

[Brianjones]

Also has to be in one stint of at least five years .

[dan2006]

In the old days every time I left for a vacation for an extended time, my school would cancel my ARC and when I returned it started again. Not like now with the 6 months extension ARC

[SunWuKong]

@Dr_Milker

Nice rant from a GVO teacher.

Letter to Editor: When Disneyland Taiwan closed its doors | Taiwan News | 2021-07-02 15:29:00

I know this situation is real for many, and it’s entirely likely that this is based on a real story, but that article reads incredibly similarly to most of Taiwan “News”'s opinion pieces. Salivate

As to 11 years and without an APRC, I was here a total of 16 years before I got one. Changing purpose of an ARC (student to work) starts the 5 year count again, and I hope @yyy won’t correct me on that. In my case, I left on vacation and got a new ARC multiple times because I would take extended trips out of the country either there were no easy ARC extensions or I didn’t know about them.

[lunlan]

Just to clarify for others, time spent on student ARC does not count towards APRC.

I think it’s the same case if your work is fishing or house maid and a few others where those won’t count either.

[amitkattal]

The new law kinda changes this thing. The new law hasnt implemented yet but for master and phd studies in taiwan, it can count towards one and two years of aprc

[afterspivak]

Yes finally! It’s idiotic to educate people here and then not try to retain them if they can contribute.

Guy

[Brianjones]

Taiwan even pays for then.to be educated. Vast majority come here and then leave immediately upon graduation.
It’s weird especially when you see how mean they are to foreign workers here.

[BiggusDickus]

I think there’s a soft power thing going on with the foreign students, but it is odd that hardly any of them stay after graduation. They don’t appear to even be encouraged to stay.

They are a breath of fresh air when it comes to teaching, though. Completely different from a totally Taiwanese class.

[amitkattal]

Foreign students in Taiwan are not given much assistance regarding means to stay in taiwan after graduation. Most schools just use foreign students as a way to elevate their standard and advertise their school as “foreigner friendly” but when it comes to assitance and job searching , most schools dont put any effort towards it and thus most foreign students have no idea how to find a job after graduation so even if they wanna stay here, they dont know how to. Most taiwanese schools wants foreigners to come here to study but they dont care about them staying here after thar.