Ministry worried about potential overwork at mass retailers
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/13
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Ministry of Labor was planning to invite mass retailers
Government and supermarkets will discuss workweek reform next week. (By Central News Agency)
“over for coffee” to discuss the recent changes to the Labor Standards Act, reports said Saturday.
The main topic would be how to avoid excessive overwork for employees, following criticism that the changes approved by the Legislative Yuan on January 10 were a step backward for labor rights.
The ministry wanted the mass retailers to abstain from issuing working schedules which put too much pressure on employees, the Liberty Times reported. Practices such as shifts which were scheduled too closely together and prevented staff from taking enough rest, or a random filling out of 336 hours of work within 30 days could not be tolerated, the report said.
Representatives of the major supermarket chains in Taiwan, such as Carrefour, Costco, RT-Mart and A-Mart would meet with a government delegation next week when they would learn the details of the new legislative amendments. [FULL STORY]
