FLEXIBILITY: Special circumstances that allow employees to work for up to 12 consecutive days will not be allowed to become the norm, Minister of Labor Lin Mei-chu said
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 11, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Labor (MOL) yesterday said that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has
Representatives of several labor groups yesterday throw joss paper at the Legislative Yuan after the legislature passed the third reading of the amendments to the Labor Standards Act. Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
kept her campaign promise about reducing work hours, adding that the labor law amendment allows more flexibility for workers and businesses.
“President Tsai Ing-wen definitely did not break her campaign promise. The amendments to the Labor Standard Act (勞動基準法) did not change the underlying principles of the previous amendments, but only added more flexibility,” Minister of Labor Lin Mei-chu (林美珠) told a news conference at the ministry in Taipei.
The amendments allow for special circumstances in which employees can work up to 12 days consecutively, with a minimum rest time of eight hours between shifts and a monthly maximum overtime of 54 hours, on the condition that workers and employees agree to the conditions. [FULL STORY]
