Study shows that 38% of Caregivers in Taiwan had experience abused from their employers

According to a study conducted by the Garden of Hope Foundation, roughly, 38% of foreign caregivers in Taiwan have experienced being abused verbally and or physically by their employers. Out of these incidents, only 46% of them had asked for help.

On November 22, 2109, the Garden of Hope Foundation had issued the outcome of their study called “The 2019 Taiwan Household Migrant Laborer Fact-Finding Report”. The research had begun in March 2019. The researchers had floated 510 survey questions to the four hundred domestic caregivers, 400 are from the Philippines, one hundred four are from Indonesia, and six are from Vietnam.




The surveyed had shown that sixty percent of the people who participated in the study had been working in the country for more than 3 years.

According to the migrant assistance center Director of the organization, Kaili Lee, despite the law specifically stating that the employers are prohibited from keeping the personal documents of their workers such as their passports and health insurance card, some of the foreign workers who participated in the study said that their employers had kept such documents.

Eighty-four percent of the participants in the study had said that they are solely responsible to take care of their employers or patients.




Thirty-five of them, however, said that there were no other caregivers to rotate shifts with them. Most of them admitted that they were not able to acquire undisturbed sleep for 8 hours.

Thirty-eight prevent of the participants in the study had experienced being abused verbally and physically, sexually harassed and assaulted by their bosses.

Out of these victims, only forty-six of them had looked for help.
Those who did not ask for assistance were scared of losing their job.