Taiwan dispatch: ministry issues forced labor guidelines after US trade action, migrant workers’ rights at risk

Taiwan dispatch: ministry issues forced labor guidelines after US trade action, migrant workers’ rights at risk

In February, Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor released long-awaited guidelines to help businesses prevent forced labor—a response to US trade enforcement actions and mounting international criticism of labor abuses against the country’s 870,000 migrant workers. While the guidelines offer tools for self-assessment, critics argue they fail to address systemic issues, such as debt bondage and the exclusion of homecare workers from legal protections. The …