OFFENSE: A factory worker died on the job and the Ministry of Labor determined that he was overworked, but a court still ordered his family to compensate the factory
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 13, 2017
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Employers forcing their employees to overwork should face criminal punishment,
Labor union members protest outside the venue of a breakfast meeting between Premier William Lai and business leaders in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
members of the Taiwan Association for Victims of Occupational Injuries said yesterday, adding that the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (職業安全衛生法) should be amended to stipulate such punishments.
The association staged a protest at the Taipei Garden Hotel, where Premier William Lai (賴清德) was having a breakfast meeting with business leaders.
They later held another protest outside the Legislative Yuan to make their appeals known.
Association representative Ho Kuang-wan (賀光卍) said that Lai pushed for the amendments to the labor act because he wanted to give businesses the flexibility they needed to adjust work hours. [FULL STORY]
