An Investigation of Foreign Worker Accommodation Management

• Main Authors: Li-Mei Pan, 潘麗美
• Other Authors: Yu-Jing Chiu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w36b5s

碩士 === 中原大學 === 企業管理研究所 === 106 === Since the mid-1980s, the demand for labor force in Taiwan is increasing rapidly, the cost of labor force goes up, and the original most abundant labor force is also relatively insufficient (Wu & Wang Suwan, 2001). At that time, the rapid development of the economy lead to the shortage of low-level blue-collar labor, so in 1992, foreign workers were introduced to supplement the insufficient labor force, it has been opening up for over twenty-five years. At the early stage, the government strictly controlled, and seriously observed the regulation 42 of the employment service law, based on guaranteeing the citizens’ work rights, took abundant manpower as the principle and conducted total quantity control. The number of people introduced continued to increase, under the control of the government in 2000-2008, the growth rate slowed down. However, in recent years, the economy has recovered, domestic demand for manpower has increased significantly, the number of foreign labor force goes up fast, till now, the number of foreign labor force in Taiwan tends to increase. Among them, the number of foreign workers in the industry reaches up to 400,000, relatively, the demand for accommodation is very important. In early times, for foreign workers who came to Taiwan to stay , most of the employers were located in the factory area, which was mainly convenient for commuting and management, however, factors such as the transformation of the political and economic environment for a long time, the factory working space not enough for use due to purchasing equipment, or insufficient management manpower unable to properly manage, gradually the agency is entrusted with the responsibility for the accommodation and living management of foreign workers after work. Based on this, it is worth studying and discussing the related problems of how to properly conduct residential and living management of foreign workers in Taiwan. This study adopts a case-study approach and selects interviewees who have rich experience in related matters, and for the first step of this study, it is hoped that through the interviewee’s professional knowledge and long-term practice accumulation, as for the accommodation and living management level for foreign workers, the framework of the plan of foreigners’ life care service (abbreviated as life care plan), managers provide valuable cases sharing and insights during visits. After foreign workers enter Taiwan, except the working site, the dormitory is the most basic place to provide a rest； there are still a wide range of issues that can be discussed at every level of living management extended from the dormitory. So for the second step of this study, it is hoped that through regulating life care plan, what else can be added to regulations and employers’ management responsibilities? After collecting experts’ incisive views and suggestions, they are collated, summarized, analyzed, and aggregated, the conclusions obtained can provide employers and related management layers with references to formulate regulations and measures for accommodation and living management in future.