Feasibility of Negotiating Social Security Agreement with Other Countries: Example of the Labor Insurance in Taiwan

Ke-Jeng Lan, Chi-Hsin Wu^*, Tsai-Chuan Ma

Department of Labor Relations, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi.

DOI: 10.4236/me.2014.52015                

Abstract

This research analyzes the social security agreements negotiated by other countries, and evaluates the feasibility of negotiating such agreement with respect to the Labor Insurance in Taiwan. In consideration of administrative and political factors, some prerequisites have to be achieved to realize such feasibility. Due to imminent demand to negotiate such agreement, some suggestions are provided. 1) Short-term strategies: Plan to analyze the impacts of double insurance exemption on stakeholders. 2) Medium-term strategies: implement ameliorated Labor Insurance statistics, try to complete the negotiation of social security agreements of double insurance exemption. 3) Long-term strategies: Plan to apply totalization mechanism among various social insurances.

Keywords

Social Security Agreements; The Labor Insurance; Migrant Workers; Adoption of Oversea Social Insurance Tenure

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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