The China Post
Date: August 20, 2016
By: Sun Hsin Hsuan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Labor Ministry Friday assured unions that legal allowances for
Labor unions representatives hold banners as they protest outside the Executive Yuan on Friday, Aug. 19 before a meeting with Premier Lin Chuan (林全) and Labor Minister Kuo Fong-yu (郭芳煜) to discuss a six-day workweek proposal. (CNA)
more than six consecutive days of work will not become the norm, but said that given the nature of some professions, exemptions to the six-day workweek policy must still be allowed.
Premier Lin Chuan (林全), Labor Minister Kuo Fong-yu (郭芳煜) and other Executive Yuan officials on Friday sat down with labor union representatives and employers ahead of a discussion about who, if anyone, should be exempted from the six-day workweek policy.
The six-day workweek policy is an amendment to the Labor Standards Act that guarantees employees one day off every seven days.
Employers protested against the amendment on the grounds that under some extreme scenarios, workers in certain professions cannot avoid working more than six days in a row. [FULL STORY]
