Taipei Times
Date: Jul 06, 2016
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Following the Executive Yuan’s latest propsed amendment to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法),
New Power Party Executive Director Huang Kuo-chang, right, speaks at a press conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
which would allow employers to ask employees to work on days off, the New Power Party (NPP) yesterday reiterated its stance that a five-day work week should be implemented with two mandatory days off.
The party’s proposed draft amendment would introduce a five-day work week in which employees cannot be asked to work on their two weekly days off.
The proposal came after the Executive Yuan introduced the yili yixiu (一例一休) leave policy last week, which would enforce a five-day work week with one fixed day off and one flexible “rest day,” and which would give employers the ability to request that employees work on their rest day.
The yili yixiu policy might not reduce work hours or increase wages, as workers might end up receiving the same pay, even though they would be entitled to greater additional pay when working on rest days, because employers could lower their base salaries, NPP Executive Director Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said. [FULL STORY]