Inconsistency on Labor law angers DPP / 7休1政策惹議 民進黨自家立委也開砲　　　　　　　　　　

The government has decided to postpone the implementation of a regulation that mandates all workers be given one day off per six working days. The move has been criticized by many as another policy u-turn under the Tsai administration. Even DPP lawmakers took to facebook to express anger over such inconsistency. However, the Executive Yuan stressed that the overall policy direction has not changed and that the delay had been put in place so that the government could better understand the needs of different industries to allow flexibility in the new regulations. Meanwhile, the Taiwan Railway Administration Union has decided to collectively go on leave if their request to reduce working hours by cutting train services remains unanswered. On July 27 The Executive Yuan decided to postpone the implementation of the six days work, one day off system. This has led to even more controversy. Even Democratic Progressive Party legislators themselves criticized the move, with Chung Kung-chao saying openly on Facebook that the Ministry of Labor twisted legislative intent and interfered in the legislative process. Next Kuan Bi-ling added fuel to the fire by saying that the Ministry of Labor couldn't use the same terms twice when they described the system, there were administrative flaws and a lack of administrative detail in the law. ==CHEN TING-FEI DPP Legislator== We also hope before it makes any decision in the future it will communicate better. ==TSENG TIAN-TSAI KMT Legislator== The version sent by the Executive Yuan was not in step with the hopes of most workers or those of the DPP However, the Executive Yuan doesn't accept this criticism, saying that the policy has always been the same, there has been no U-turn and there was no exclusion of transport or the other industries from the six day work, one day off system but merely that the Ministry of Labor would have two months to further understand the needs of certain industries and communicate with them on the issues to see if there was room for flexibility. ==TONG CHEN-YUAN Executive Yuan Spokesperson== For the convenience of the traveling public and social necessity, which is a government policy, we will understand which industries have special requirements for their working arrangements. Apart from transport, tourism and the media, some other sectors like retail, also have special working requirements such as during annual sales, so there is also discussion around changing the basic labor law to include these. Tong Chen-yuan emphasized that current discussions were only with these three sectors and the Ministry of Labor would clarify details after review and discussion, but there were no plans to further amend the labor law. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 上週六行政院決定，延後兩個月施行7休1政策，沒想到引來更多質疑，就連自家立委也在臉書上開砲，先是鍾孔炤重批勞動部扭曲立法原意、干預立法，再來管碧玲也火上加油，評批勞動部對7休1的說辭反反覆覆，進退失據，還批評沒有裁罰基準，是行政瑕疵、執法粗糙。 ==民進黨立院黨團書記長 陳亭妃== 我們也希望說 行政院在做任何的決定之前 確實要做好比較好的溝通 ==國民黨立委 鄭天財== 行政院所送的版本 顯然不符合 一般勞工的期待 也不符合民進黨立委的期待 對於被批評行政立法不同調，行政院回應，表示政策說法一致，沒有轉彎，沒有要將客運等3大行業、排除在7休1的方案，而是已責成勞動部，兩個月內、針對特定行業的特殊工作需求，進行溝通，了解是否有給予特殊考量的可能。 ==行政院發言人 童振源== 基於公眾生活便利 與配合國家政策 公益活動之需求 會同目的事業主管機關 及大眾運輸 就例如在重要年節 連續假期的疏運計畫 視特定工作需求 進行了解溝通 但除了客運、旅遊、媒體等3項行業之外，其它像零售業也有週年慶等特殊情況，是否還要修正勞動基準法？童振源強調，目前的討論，只針對客運等3個行業，未來會由勞動部檢討後，再進行說明，目前是沒有修法打算。 記者 陳佳鑫 張梓嘉 台北報導