Giant Group Expands Zero-Fee Policy for Migrant Workers in Response to U.S. Customs WRO

Giant Group Expands Zero-Fee Policy for Migrant Workers in Response to U.S. Customs WRO

Giant Group has announced that in addition to the implementation of a "Zero Recruitment Fee Policy" for all newly recruited foreign migrant workers effective January 1, 2025 -  which includes recruitment fees, service charges, and related government costs - the company is developing a comprehensive compensation plan to reimburse migrant workers hired before January 1, 2025. Giant Group, and many other Taiwanese cycling manufacturers, employ 1,000

Giant expands zero-fee recruitment policy, opens new dorms

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group is developing a plan to reimburse current migrant workers at its factories for recruitment fees they paid prior to Jan. 1, 2025, when the company began paying its current workers' recruitment fees. Giant initiated the zero-fee policy following media reports in 2023 and 2024 about worker conditions at its factory in Taichung and at other bike factories in Taiwan. Last month, U.S. Customs and Border Protectio…