Taiwan – Employment agencies accused of illegally hiring for Chinese companies in China

Taiwan-based job boards 104 Job Bank and 1111 Job Bank have both been accused by Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council of breaching a law by posting job ads for Chinese companies in China.

According to Taiwan News, the Council is calling on regulatory authorities to investigate whether both firms have violated the ‘Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area’ by posting job ads for Chinese companies based in China on their websites.

Taipei Times reports that both firms have sites dedicated to postings in China, where viewers can find job openings for university professor, doctor, engineers and other positions. As of yesterday, 1111’s ‘Work in China’ website included more than 3,000 job openings. While some of the openings belong to Taiwanese companies in China and are therefore legal, many belong to Chinese companies. 1111’s Vice President Henry Ho said that the website’s recruitment ads are not illegal.

Meanwhile 104 has a website for jobs in China, registered using a US domain, which posts teaching positions at private schools. 104 has stated that “everything is in compliance with the law.”

The Council said Taiwanese companies in China are permitted to recruit Taiwanese through such agencies, but Chinese companies in China cannot. It added that Taiwanese agencies may not recruit Taiwanese to work for Chinese companies in China.

If they are found to have breached the act, the Council called for the offending webpages to be taken offline and have companies punished in accordance with the law. Furthermore, they could face fines of between TWD 100,000 (USD 3,239) and TWD 5 million (USD 161,950), which will continue to be levied if they continue to break the law, the Council stated.

Source: http://www2.staffingindustry.com/row/Editorial/Daily-News/Taiwan-Employment-agencies-accused-of-illegally-hiring-for-Chinese-companies-in-China-49725