Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/14
By: Wang Shu-fen, Yu Hsiao-han and Kuo Chung-han
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) Train and bus operators are calculating staff schedules and considering
CNA file photo
reducing services on weekends and holidays starting in August, as a new Ministry of Labor directive will make it illegal for employees to work more than six days in a row without a day off.
But the Directorate General of Highways (DGH) under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said Thursday that to reduce service, bus operators have to do it on the basis of passenger load factor in accordance with a directive, or they could be fined NT$9,000 (US$281) to NT$90,000 for violating the Highway Act.
Chou Yung-hui (周永暉), director-general of the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA), said it is currently evaluating reducing extra train services on weekends or holidays.
The TRA will take into consideration its service for remote areas in rearranging its schedule, said Chou. [FULL STORY]