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WBI Releases Policy Brief, a Dictionary of English-Chinese Terms on Recruitment Fees and Related Costs in Taiwan

18 December 2023. Today, on International Migrants Day, we are releasing our newest publication, “Recruitment Fees and Related Costs in Taiwan: Dictionary of English-Chinese Terms,” to remove misunderstandings arising from language and translation as obstacles to responsible recruitment in the migration corridors to Taiwan. WBI celebrates International Migrants Day 2023 with the release of this …

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WBI Continues Discussion on Forced Labour with Podcast on Debt Bondage

5 December 2023. WBI recorded two podcasts with iLabour (鉤拳!右鉤權!吃我一記愛の勞動權!) hosted by Taiwan Labour Front on forced labour indicators as part of a series of public education on labour rights in Taiwan. We reported on the first one on the withholding of wages, here. The second one is on debt bondage; you can listen here, …

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WBI Discusses Withholding of Wages on a Forced Labour Podcast Series

28 November 2023. WBI is featured on a labour rights podcast in Taiwan! Our Executive Director sat down with the host of the popular labour podcast iLabor in Taiwan (左鉤拳!右鉤權!吃我一記愛の勞動權!) to talk about the withholding of wages as a forced labour indicator. You can listen here, in Chinese. This is a part of a series …

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WBI Welcomes Portsmouth City Council’s EDI Draft Strategy for 2024-2027

21 November 2023. As one of the contributors to Portsmouth City Council’s Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) consultation meeting  in January 2023, WBI welcomes and shares our feedback to the council’s EDI Draft Strategy for 2024-2027.  Work Better Innovations (WBI) would like to take this opportunity to welcome Portsmouth City Council’s commitment to “champion diversity, …

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WBI Releases Video to Celebrate the Conclusion of our 6th Cohort of Employment Support for Migrants 

17 November 2023. WBI congratulates the 6th cohort of our Employment Support for Migrants for successfully completing the course. To celebrate this achievement, and to highlight the overall success of the programme tailored in partnership with Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) and City of Portsmouth College, we are releasing a video featuring two of our former …

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WBI Welcomes the Launch of Civil Society Proposal to Protect Migrant Fishers in ASEAN

3 November 2023. WBI welcomes the release of the policy paper “Proposal by the Regional Civil Society Consultation for the ASEAN Guideline on the Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers and Their Families,” with contributions from 25 organisations, including WBI.  The two NGOs, Better Engagement Between East and Southeast Asia (BEBESEA) and the Human Rights …

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TaiwanPlus News: WBI speaks on Recruitment Fees as a Major Risk of Forced Labour

27 October 2023. In last week’s episode of ‘Zoom in/ Zoom Out’, WBI’s Director Dr Bonny Ling spoke to TaiwanPlus News on the topic of migrant workers in Taiwan, highlighting the risk of forced labour under its current system of recruitment.  Recent protests in Taiwan demonstrate a failing system that persistently puts migrant workers at …

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One Year Since WBI Winning the Community Innovation Award

20 October 2023. It has been a year since WBI received the Community Innovation Award from The News. We are thrilled to revisit this occasion at the Portsmouth’s Innovation Awards 2022. Our wonderful community colleagues and us made morning headlines in The News on 13 October 2022 as winners of the Portsmouth’s Innovation Awards. We …

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An international corporate report on sustainability and governance highlights WBI

6 October 2023. One of the largest retailers in the world, Target, released its 2023 Sustainability and Governance Report, featuring its partnership with WBI on Forced Labour Prevention Initiative in Taiwan. Grounded in a long-term strategy for business, social and environmental sustainability, we are thrilled to play a part in achieving Target Forward’s vision to …

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WBI-supported migrant jobseekers featured in national Workers’ Educational Association video

22 September 2023. We are so thrilled to see the release of Workers Educational Association (WEA)’s new learner video to celebrate their 120-year anniversary, featuring two participants, Karla and Abdalazeez, from WBI’s Employment Support for Migrants program delivered with City of Portsmouth College and WEA. Congrats WEA on your 120-year birthday!  Back in June 2023, WBI …

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