With cases of abuse ranging from trainees forced to pay illegal deposits to an intern who was forced to work 225 hours of overtime in a month, authorities last year took disciplinary action against 112 firms using the state-sponsored Technical Intern Training Program.
The firms failed to correct practices that violated labor laws and trainees' rights, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday.
The firms have been banned from accepting foreign trainees for up to five years, officials said.
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