Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/06
By: Chu Tze-wei, Yu Hsiao-han, Huang Ya-chuan and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) The government’s planned revisions to controversial five-day
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workweek rules that it enacted late last year have received mixed responses, but both business groups and labor unions objected to a proposed change on overtime hours.
The revisions, discussed at a meeting between Cabinet officials and ruling Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers on Monday, were welcomed with cautious optimism by foreign business organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham Taipei).
The new proposal will change the current monthly cap on overtime of 46 hours to 138 hours over three months but allowing for up to 54 hours in a single month.
Another proposal will allow employers to lower the rest period between shifts for employees, currently set at a minimum of 11 hours, to as few as eight hours if they receive the consent of their workers or labor unions. [FULL STORY]