Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-02-23

The newest amendments to the labor law will go into effect on March 1. These new laws allow 15 industries to have more flexible work schedules for their employees. This includes shortening the time between shifts from 11 hours to 8 hours and having workers work up to 12 days in a row, with two days off, rather than 6 days with one day off.

These new amendments were met with many protests from labor groups. The labor ministry has cut down the number of industries qualifying for these flexible arrangements from 38 to 15. Labor official Chou Tsi-lian explains which industries can use these new schedules:    [FULL  STORY]