Taipei, Oct. 18 (CNA) The number of workers in formal furlough programs in Taiwan rose last week as strict border controls imposed to keep COVID-19 out took a toll on the transportation and tourism sectors, the Ministry of Labor said (MOL) said Monday.
Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA) Taiwanese workers toiled more hours than their counterparts in all but three other countries in the world in 2020, according to the latest international labor statistics published by the Ministry of Labor.
Taiwanese worked more hours than people in all but three other countries in the world last year, Ministry of Labor data showed.
Singapore placed first in average hours worked among the 40 economies surveyed, with an average of 2,288 hours per worker last year, the data showed.
The city-state was followed by Colombia with 2,172 hours based on 2019 data and Mexico with 2,124 hours, it showed.
Taiwan came in fourth, with 2,021 hours, it showed.
South Korean workers clocked the third-most hours in Asia, with 1,908 hours, followed by Japan with 1,598 hours, it showed.
However, compared with 2019, the survey found