Almost 70% of student employers violate labor law: poll

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/19
By: Wu Hsin-yun and Frances Huang

Taipei, Dec. 19 (CNA) Almost 70 percent of student employers in the vicinity of four major universities in Taiwan are in violation of the Labor Standards Act, a survey showed on Monday.

According to the survey released by National Sun Yat-sen University in southern Taiwan, Tunghai University in central Taiwan, and Fu Jen Catholic University and National Chengchi University in northern Taiwan, the most serious violations included failure to provide student employees with labor insurance.

The survey was jointly conducted by the universities and the Taiwan Pioneer Labor Association (TPLA), a local labor group.    [FULL  STORY]