Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/28
By: Yu Hsiao-han and Romulo Huang

Taipei, Feb. 28 (CNA) The recently revised Labor Standards Act will go into effect

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Thursday making work rules more flexible in response to demands made by employers over the past year.

Under the revised labor law, which was approved by the Legislative Yuan on Jan. 10 and promulgated by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Jan. 31, employees can be asked to work 12 days in a row and work shifts with only eight hours of rest in between, but enterprises must first secure approval from related government agencies and their employees.

That compares with existing rules that prohibit employees from working more than six days in a row and require a period of at least 11 hours between shifts.    [FULL  STORY]