With the uptick in the COVID-19 positivity rate due to the emerging dominance of the BA.5 variant – thought to be the most transmissible yet – beleaguered employers once again find.
Several trade unions have pledged to lobby for better legal accountability for employers regarding work-related injuries.
New legislation is required to impose monetary damages on companies when their negligence leads to major workplace accidents, the Taiwan Association for Victims of Occupational Injuries said at a news conference on Thursday.
The amount imposed should be relative to company revenue, and executives should be subject to criminal sanction if injuries experienced by workers can be attributed to policies or orders, it said.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (職業安全衛生法) and other laws have been used to penalize supervisors of injured workers, but generally those employees
Retaliation continues to be at the top of the federal government’s priority list. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a new field assistance bulletin entitled Protecting.