Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/10
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) The Legislative Yuan on Wednesday passed a controversial

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amendment to existing labor laws to make work rules more flexible in response to demands made repeatedly by employers over the past year.

In a last ditch effort to thwart the amendment, labor groups and trade unions had staged a protest outside the Legislature since Monday, but the barricades erected around the complex and tight security measures prevented them from disrupting legislative proceedings.

Under the new amendment to Taiwan’s Labor Standards Act, employees can be asked to work 12 days in a row and work shift with only eight hours of rest in between, but enterprises must get approval for that from related government agencies and from their employees.    [FULL  STORY]