Taipei Times
Date: Nov 21, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
The Cabinet has asked Deputy Minister of Labor Liao Huei-fang (廖蕙芳) to reconsider
Several migrant workers’ rights groups yesterday protest the government’s proposed labor law reform bill outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
her resignation after the former labor rights activist reportedly quit due to conflicts with the Ministry of Labor over a draft amendment to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法).
Liao on Sunday announced her resignation on Facebook, writing that she had on Nov. 13 tendered her resignation to Minister of Labor Lin Mei-chu (林美珠) and it was being processed.
A former Taiwan Labor Front director-general, Liao’s resignation has been interpreted as the result of irreconcilable differences between her beliefs and the draft labor law amendment, which has been criticized by labor groups for seeking to raise the maximum number of consecutive working days, lower the minimum rest time between shifts and conditionally raise the limit on monthly overtime hours.
Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday said that he had asked Lin to retain Liao.
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