The China Post
Date: August 1, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

Criticism that the Cabinet “U-turned” on its long-debated “one fixed, one flexible” weekly holiday labor law was met with fervent denials from Labor Minister Kuo Fong-yu (郭芳煜), according to reports Sunday.

Kuo said that a new interpretation of regulations must be drawn up before the policy, which is scheduled to be implemented in October instead of Aug. 1, goes into effect.

“The policy was not ‘postponed’ and there are no ‘policy U-turns,’ either,” Kuo stressed, noting that the travel, media and public transportation sectors will still be permitted flexible holiday scheduling.

In the weeks before the implementation of the policy, transportation operators have voiced opposition to the new rules. As public transportation sectors have been left out of the new policy’s “flexible working hours” industries, operators say the new policy would have a significant impact on their scheduling and costs.     [FULL  STORY]