Increasing workplace inspections had some predictable yet sobering results.

The News Lens
Date: 2018/01/20
By: If Lin

The Labor Standards Act has been in a state of flux since early 2017, and it seems that

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the drama is not over yet. The latest round of amendments have been hit with a simmering backlash, the New Power Party and Social Democratic Party are trying to build support for a referendum on the changes, and the Presidential Office Human Rights Consultative Committee has called for an investigation into human rights violations caused by the law, which was sold as a way to increase flexibility for businesses and employees.

Just because a law is in place doesn’t mean that businesses are following them. One newly-created database highlights 29,360 violations between August 2011 and December 2017, most of which occurred after 2014 when the Occupational Safety and Health Act was enacted. That act mandated more widespread government inspections of workplaces, leading to a precipitous rise in recorded violations.    [FULL  STORY]