There are currently 20 sheltered factories in Taoyuan City, with Taoyuan District having the most with 7. The picture shows the sheltered store in Taoyuan South Gate Park.

(Photo by reporter Zheng Shuting)

[Reporter Zheng Shuting/Taoyuan Report] The Labor Bureau of Taoshi Municipality made a work report at the City Council today. Members mentioned that there are currently 20 sheltered workshops in Taoshi, providing job opportunities for nearly 200 people. Compared with Taoyuan City, there are nearly 90,000 people with disabilities. It is said that “there are too many monks and too few”; Chen Huiru, head of the Disabled Employment Section of the Labor Bureau, said that the employment of the disabled is still based on matchmaking and counseling to enter the general workplace. Sheltered workshops are more protective, and they must pass an assessment before entering. There are currently enough sheltered workshops.

Councilor Liu Shengquan questioned that there were 15 sheltered workshops in the last parliamentary inquiry, but this year only increased to 20, there are no Pingzhen, Xinwu, Dayuan, Guanyin, Daxi, and Fuxing Districts yet, and the disabled employment fund is about 1 billion Yuan, sheltered workshops can be used as a starting point to promote employment and vocational training for the disabled.

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Chen Huiru explained that the employment of disabled people is mainly to enter the general workplace. They are matched through employment service stations, or apply to the Disabled Employment Division of the Labor Bureau for career reconstruction. Last year, about 80% of them were matched through service stations. There are 1,664 people who applied for occupational reconstruction, and 961 people have been employed, with an employment rate of nearly 58%. Sheltered workshops are a highly protective working environment. There are sufficient number of sheltered workshops in the city.

Li Xianxiang, director of the labor bureau, also said that there is a problem of low transition rate in sheltered workshops across the country. The Ministry of Labor and the Supervisory Yuan are reviewing and understanding the results. The willingness is low, and everyone hopes to stay for a long time, so the people behind cannot enter; however, Liu Shengquan said that he does not agree with this statement, and will raise it in the general inquiry later.

There are currently 20 sheltered workshops in Taoshi, 3 of which are in the process of being prepared. According to statistics from the Labor Bureau, last year there were about 150 employees, and only 6 were transferred to ordinary workplaces. homework, arrange workplace experience, assist in developing companies, accompany interviews, and observe at the initial stage of employment, etc. After confirming stability, the service staff will leave the field, and will also arrange for successful transferees to share experience in sheltered workshops, hoping to reassure employees and parents and improve Willingness to transition to the general workplace.