PEOPLE IN POWER: KMT Legislator Wan Mei-ling said many cases that occur in the workplace involve people abusing their authority to sexually harass colleagues
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 05, 2020
By: Chen Yun and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wan Mei-ling stands behind a sign that reads: “Education must not become chaotic” while speaking at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on March 6.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
Over the past 11 years, the number of reported cases of sexual harassment has grown nearly fivefold, but offenders have only been fined about NT$20,000 on average per offense, demonstrating that fines have failed to deter such behavior, Wan said on Friday.
Laws should be amended to increase the fines from the current range of NT$10,000 to NT$100,000 per offense to NT$30,000 to NT$300,000, she said.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wan Mei-ling stands behind a sign that reads: "Education must not become chaotic" while speaking at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on March 6.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
Citing data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Wan said that the number of reported cases of sexual harassment grew from 154 in 2007 to 546 in 2018. [FULL STORY]
