Taipei Times
Date: Sep 09, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday called on newly inaugurated Premier William Lai (賴清德) to make adjustments to controversial policies, in particular the “one fixed day off and one flexible rest day” workweek.
While not introduced with bad intentions, the policy shows that the government is naive enough to think that it could “make one shoe that fits all 23 million people,” Wu said at a social event in Taipei attended by former national policy advisers who served under former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).
The policy is unrealistic and has caused inconvenience for employers and employees, Wu said, citing as examples nurses and bus drivers, who are required to work long hours and cannot adhere to fixed shifts.
He said he hopes Lai will make good on a pledge to make necessary adjustments to the workweek policy, adding that he is eagerly anticipating Lai’s work to address the issue. [FULL STORY]