The News Lens
Date: 2017/12/22
By: Yulin
Taiwan is pretty average in East Asia when it comes to paid holidays and work hours, but
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stagnant wages remain a major drag.
Since Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) took office, the Labor Standards Act has undergone two major revisions which have affected working hours, schedules and overtime pay.
Taiwanese workers suffer from low wages, but are things really that bad by the standards of East Asia?
By comparing official statistics from the Taiwanese government (which should be taken with a grain of salt) with data from the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), we can see that Taiwan ranks 6th in the world in terms of total work hours.
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