LABOR UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS AT ODDS OVER POSTPONEMENT |''上六休一"政策暫緩 勞團不滿.資方肯定

A recent amendment to the new labor act mandates that starting from today, all Taiwanese workers must enjoy one day off per six working days. However, many industries where seven or more consecutive days of work is often necessary, have called on the government not to slap a single standard on a variety of different sectors. On Saturday evening, the cabinet said it decided to delay the implementation of the new regulation by two months. The new labor system "six days work, one day off" was set to go into effect on Aug. 1. However the policy is now on hold until two months later. Some believe this is because the government policy lacked detailed planning. ==Member of public== If medical doctors were to follow the new system, who would be there to look after the patients? ==Member of public== I support the policy to normalize days off, but the policy has to be suitable for each industry, that would be better. The new policy would affect sectors such as passenger transport. During the long holiday for the Autumn Moon Festival there will be fewer bus services. This meant some transport companies could relax a bit. ==LEE CHIEN-WEN, General Manager, Taipei Bus== Ministry of Labor extended implementation of the new policy, therefore there should be no problem with our transport services during the Autumn Moon Festival. ==LI CHI-YUEH, Spokesperson,Taipei Association of Travel Agents== We urge the government to look into exceptions for particular industries, and include them in the Article 84-1 of Labor Standards Act. The travel industry confirmed that the new labor policy would not work for it, and so the regulations should be amended. While some disagree, already one company chose to take Sundays off for its 61 chain stores, starting August 1st. ==WANG LI-CHU, General Manager, Mr. Mark Bakery== Starting on Aug. 1 we will have every Sunday off. We have 61 chain stores, therefore we may lose NT$2 million in revenue per day. During the two months extension, the government will hold discussions with industry representatives, which is expected to raise more controversy. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 「上六休一」新制大轉彎，原定八月一號上路，現在喊卡，延後兩個月再實施，不少民眾認為，政府朝令夕改，施政規劃不周延。 ==民眾== 如果醫生也七天休一天 那一天誰看病 ==民眾== 我挺休假正常化啦 但還是要針對 各行各業的需求 會比較好一點 對部份產業來說，「上六休一」新制，人力調配影響大，像是客運業者，人力不足，如果新制貿然上路，接下來中秋連假勢必減班，如今政府急踩剎車緩一緩，對他們來說，就像及時雨，得以喘息。 ==台北客運總經理 李建文== 勞動部給它(上六休一)緩衝了 所以我們秋節疏運 應該是沒有問題 ==旅行商業同業公會發言人 李奇嶽== 我們主張應該是 把這些我們實際上 有困難的這些業態呢 應該要放在84之一(條) 旅遊業也說，勞動新制對他們來說行不通，會好考慮發動修法，將旅遊業納入變形工時的產業中，「做六休一」雖然政府延後兩個月實施，但還是有業者選擇從8月1號起，全省61家門市週日公休，虧損自行吸收。 ==馬可先生總經理 王麗珠== 八月一號開始 我們是禮拜天都休假 我們現在(全省)有61家門市 所以一天大概有 (損失)200萬的營業額吧 上六休一大轉彎，政府還要再與業者溝通，為了避免雙輸，兩個月的時間，有哪些產業納入變形工時，恐怕還是有爭議。 記者 黃立偉 謝其文 台北報導