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Workers joining on-job training program to be subsidized: Taiwan
CLA
Taiwan News, Website Editorial Staff , Central News Agency
2008-12-26 08:05 AM
Council of Labor Affairs Minister Jennifer Wang (left) said on
Dec. 25 that the CLA will launch a program to subsidize on-job
training workers beginning next February.
Central News Agency In a bid to help workers forced to take unpaid
leave amid the current economic recession, those who take part in
an on-the-job training program will be subsidized by the
government, Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) Minister Jennifer Wang
(王如玄) announced Thursday.
The program is slated to kick off in February and will provide
participating workers with extra monetary assistance and an
opportunity to sharpen their professional skills while forced to
take their unpaid leave, Wang said, adding that Premier Liu
Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) has promised to back up the plan.
According to Wang, the CLA is deeply concerned that more workers
will lose their jobs after the Lunar New Year, which falls on
January 26 next year.
"I believe that the program will help increase workers'
competitive edges and help stabilize the employment market, “the
CLA minister said.
Private companies participating in the program are required to
open courses for their workers on unpaid leave, while the CLA will
offer a subsidy of NT$100 (about US$3) for every hour of training,
she said.
Eligible workers should take at least 24 hours of training per
month and will receive subsidies up to NT$10,000 per month for a
maximum period of six months, she went on.
Companies are not allowed to dismiss their workers who take part
in the program, Wang added.
The CLA has estimated that the program will subsidize about 5,600
companies, 600 of which are large enterprises employing over 200
people. It has predicted that some 168,000 workers will benefit
from the measure.
The program will require a budget of NT$15.97 billion in total in
2009, according to CLA estimates.
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