Globalization and Transnational Labor：A Study on the Labor Insurance Entitlement of Taiwanese Migrant Workers in China
Date Issued
2012
Date
2012
Author(s)
Hsiung, Yen-Hsiang
Abstract
Due to the government emphasizing the importance of labor insurance and the expansion of new labor pension act, the population covered under the labor insurance in Taiwan has been increasing gradually. However, some risks appear in the wake of economic globalization, especially
for those who are Taiwanese migrant workers in mainland China. They face problems such as the entitlement to labor insurance benefits and the selection of social security systems between China and Taiwan that are becoming critical issues of labor insurance system in the future.
The method of deep interview is adopted in this study, and 8 Taiwanese migrant workers in mainland China are invited to participate in. The working places of Taiwanese migrant workers are located differently and, therefore, Xiamen City, Fukien Province is chosen for research and exploration according to the development condition of social security system and its geographic
location to Taiwan. This study explores the problem of which Taiwanese migrant workers face under the requirements of the two social security systems in Taiwan and China, with focus on transnational social citizenship, labor insurance, the selection of social security systems.
The main findings in this study are as follows:
1. Issue of double indemnity of labor insurance: it means that the costs of social insurance systems in the future will influence on the benefits of both employers and employees. To avoid higher costs of double indemnity, a practical measure coordinated between Taiwanese employers and employees’ on their own free will to contribute less to labor insurance based on the wages lower
than the actual standard, gradually resulting in a systematic financial burden and a critical problem because the insured contribution rate descended and brain drained away. In regard to the calculation of seniority of insured years, the working period cannot be calculated
accumulatively if one who is hired in an offshore company.
2. As to the competition and selection of social security systems between mainland China and Taiwan, Taiwanese migrant workers express that at the present they prefer Taiwan’s system more than China’s, but, on the other hand, the selection of social security system will be also affected if they stay a longer working period in China.
3. The viewpoint of Taiwanese migrant workers to social citizenship, the right to receive the related welfare benefits from China is regarded as profit-oriented, while they see their rights to welfare more work-oriented, implying tax and contribution imposed on wage as their obligation as citizens.
This study suggests that a cooperation framework agreement should be adopted, by which to
enhance the completion of labor insurance in the globalized world. The government should secure
the trust of insured Taiwanese migrant workers in labor insurance system, adjust the labor insurance
system to cover Taiwanese migrant workers in ifferent countries, and finally take the matter of brain-draining seriously.
Subjects
Globalization
Cross-strait Interaction
Taiwanese Migrant Workers
Labor Insurance
Transnational Labor
SDGs
Type
thesis
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