The Ministry of Labor (MOL) is seeking to maintain a ban on mandatory night shifts for pregnant employees, and introduce mandatory compensation for overnight transportation costs regardless of gender.
The ministry’s amendment, released for public review yesterday, comes after gender-specific restrictions on working night shifts were deemed unconstitutional in August last year, following controversy over penalties handed to Carrefour and China Airlines for requiring female employees to work at night.
In Constitutional Interpretation 807, the Council of Grand Justices found fault with Paragraph 1, Article 49 of the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法), which prevents employers from requiring female employees to work between
Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) The number of workers on formal furlough programs in Taiwan fell by more than 8,000 in one week to dip below 10,000 for the first time since June 2021, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Monday.
About 12,000 employees in the hospitality sector were on formal furlough programs, making up the majority of 19,134 furloughed workers nationwide, the Ministry of Labor said on Thursday.
The ministry attributed the sector’s high number to strict border controls imposed to control the spread of COVID-19.
Ministry data showed that the overall number of workers on registered unpaid leave programs rose from 19,035 to 19,134 in the week ending on Wednesday.
The number of companies with furlough programs increased by 79 to 2,455, the ministry added.
Department of Labor Standards and Equal Employment Director Huang Wei-chen (黃維琛) said that the number of furloughed workers
Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) Around 12,000 of a total of 19,134 workers in formal furlough programs in Taiwan last week were employed in the hospitality sector, as strict border controls imposed to keep COVID-19 out of the country continue to have an impact, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Thursday.