RUMORS TRUE: The KMT had rejected stories of a retrenchment plan, but has now said layoffs are necessary because the assets committee’s efforts have left it strapped for cash

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 21, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday confirmed that 20 party employees have been made redundant before the Lunar New Year holiday next month, saying it is a necessary decision given the party’s financial situation.

“It is true that after the KMT’s completion of its year-end performance evaluation, 20 party staff have been laid off,” KMT Culture and Communications Committee deputy director-general Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) said.

The 20 employees, who are slated to leave their posts at the end of this month, are spread across different divisions and were selected based on performance evaluations and their divisions’ future needs, Hung said.

“It was done with reluctance, but it is a necessary adjustment due to the party headquarters’ financial difficulties,” he said.    [FULL  STORY]