Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/23
By: Wu Hsin-yun, Yu Hsiao-han and Evelyn Kao 

Taipei, April 23 (CNA) Over 5,000 workers are expected to take to the streets of Taipei in a Labor Day march on May 1 to call for more holidays and paid time off and better protection of their rights, the organizers said Tuesday.

The protesters will gather on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office and march past the Ministry of Labor and Legislative Yuan, before returning to the starting point, according to the organizers, an action coalition of worker groups and unions.

The workers will demand more public holidays, an increase in maternity leave from 60 days to 90 days, and the enactment of legislation that would allow employees to take leave without pay for long-term care of family members, the organizers said.

The protesters will also call for better protection of workers’ rights, suggesting, for example, that businesses with fewer than four employees be required to provide labor insurance coverage, according to the organizers.    [FULL  STORY]