Complaints Rise as Taiwan's Child Protection Law Hits One-Year Mark
Taiwan's child care professionals have seen a sharp increase in formal complaints made against them since new child protection laws came into force one year ago.
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00:00 Child care workers in Taiwan have been facing a sharp uptick in formal complaints, one year
00:06 after a law was passed to protect children in preschool.
00:10 The law is meant to protect children from improper punishment at the hands of caretakers.
00:15 Courts can levy fines of over US$18,000 for violating the law.
00:21 It comes as Taiwan's child care industry has seen an exodus of talented workers.
00:26 The Child Care Workers Union says low salaries and long working hours have had a bigger impact
00:32 than the new law.
00:33 "The law was passed a long time ago.
00:34 Low-paying jobs are the main reason why we can't find talented workers.
00:35 If you get fined once, you have to pay your teacher a few months' salary.
00:36 Professional education can help children to learn the right emotions and manners that
00:37 teachers can accept."
00:37 The law is meant to protect children from improper punishment at the hands of caretakers.