‘IMPOSSIBLE’: Premier William Lai said that daily working hours are and will be capped at 12 and it was not possible for anyone to have only eight hours of rest a day this way
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 02, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislative caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘)
Members of several labor unions yesterday burn an oversized diagnosis that reads “Overwork Taiwan, union suppression” during a protest outside the Ministry of Labor in Taipei, where they announced that their hunger strike would end after having lasted for 269 hours. Photo: CNA
yesterday said that the Cabinet’s proposed amendment to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基本法) would undergo “subtle adjustments” next week.
Ker made the announcement following a meeting of the DPP caucus during which Minister of Labor Lin Mei-chu (林美珠) briefed DPP lawmakers on the adjustments.
The adjustments were proposed after Premier William Lai (賴清德) met with DPP lawmakers twice this week to hear their opinions and considered the public’s attitude toward the amendment, he said, adding that the adjustments will focus on several “regulatory measures” and would “tighten the rules” in the draft amendment.
Draft regulations that would allow employers to legally make employees work up to 12 days in a row before granting them two days off and that would reduce the minimum rest time between shifts from 11 to 8 hours will not be implemented at employers’ discretion, but after only local authorities meet with sector associations and determine which sectors have “special needs” that warrant such work schedules, Ker said. [FULL STORY]