NO CONSENSUS REACHED OVER DISPUTE OF NEW LABOR LAW|林全會勞資代表 協商"七休一"未達共識

Premier Lin Chuan called a meeting with labor groups and businesses representatives to resolve the debate over the amendment to the Labor Standards Act that requires at least one day off after six consecutive work days, which has been postponed at the end of July. Flexible working hours for certain industries such as media, transportation is also an important topic of the debate. The Ministry of Labor tried to resolve the issue by allowing exceptions to the regulations. However, labor groups said recruiting more labor is the solution. No consensus was reached at the meeting. Labor groups gathered outside the Executive Yuan in protest of the Labor Ministry's plan to allow exceptions to the new labor law of "one day off after six day's work". They said the Labor Ministry's proposal is virtually the same as the current regulations and vowed to protect labor's rights. ==CHEN SHU-LUN, Taipei City Confederation of Trade Unions== If Lin Chuan cannot to protect the basic rights of workers with the Labor Standards Act, then the DPP administration is not with workers. A meeting was held to resolve the debate over flexible working hours. Union representatives from various sectors, including media, transportation, and tourism met with Premier Lin Chuan and industry representatives to discuss labor rights. Labor groups insisted that there should be no exception to the new labor law of "one day off after six days work". However, businesses did not agree. ==CHENG YA-HUI, President, FTV Labor Union== Employers have to allocate their human resources appropriately, instead of using the regulations to their advantage. ==CHEN YI-MEI, Secretary-general, Satellite Television Broadcasting Assoc.== Employers also want to have regular work days so that they can have a proper management system. No consensus was reached at the end of the meeting. However, Premier Lin stressed that they need to find the middle ground and uphold the interest of both the labor and the employers. ==LIN CHUAN, Premier= We have to protect the rights of workers while making sure that businesses can operate properly too. ==KUO FONG-YU, Labor Minister== We can guarantee that the exception will not become the rule. Secondly, exceptions will not be abused because we will have measure in place to ensure that. Labor organizations are adamant that the 7 public holidays cannot be cut. The Labor Ministry, on the other hand, insisted on allowing exceptions to the law. The Ministry also proposed increasing days of paid leave, offering workers whose time of service is less than a year 7 days of paid leave. However, the Labor Ministry did not give further detail on their plan. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 行政院長林全今天下午與勞資雙方代表，鎖定7天休1天的勞工議題，進行座談。由於七休一政策在7月底暫緩實施，加上包括媒體、運輸等特定行業，是否該納入彈性工時的爭議再起，雖然勞動部想透過發布解釋性裁量基準，來解決爭端。不過，勞工代表重申，補充人力才是解決問題的辦法，整場會議各彈各的調，沒有共識。 大聲喊著口號，勞工代表在行政院外，抗議勞動部要發布''七休一''政策的解釋性裁量基準，根本和舊版沒有差別，強調一定要捍衛勞工例假權益。 ==北市產業總工會總幹事 陳淑綸== 如果林全膽敢 現在連勞動基準法 最基礎的這件事情 都不守 那麼 民進黨政府 就不要再談什麼 跟勞工站在一起 由於彈性工時的爭議再起，包括媒體、運輸、導遊等特定行業的代表，隨後進入行政院，和院長林全、資方代表等人座談，討論勞動權益。勞方堅持，七休一沒有特例，補充人力才是解決問題的辦法，資方代表也予以反擊。 ==民視工會理事長 鄭雅慧== 我覺得是資方到底有沒有 真的重視這樣人力的配置 而不應該拿這樣的一個 希望我們的法令放寬 ==衛星廣播電視同業公會秘書長 陳依玫== 資方也希望正常休假呀 他才能夠有一個常態性的管理 勞資雙方立場相左下，整場會議，幾乎沒有共識。不過，林全還是強調，希望在維護雙方權益下，找到爭議的平衡點。 ==行政院長 林全== 維護我們勞工的 應該有的勞動權利的情況下 儘量讓我們的 整個的 就是企業的運作 或事業的運作 要能夠也有一定的合理性 ==勞動部長 郭芳煜== 請各位放心 第一個保證 絕對不會變成一個通例 第二個保證 這個特例 絕對不會被濫用 或是誤用 因為我們會設計一些 配套的措施 由於勞團堅持不能砍7天國定假日假，勞動部又堅持一例一休，今天勞動部拋出希望透過放寬特休假的方式來解套，勞工有可能工作未滿1年，就有7天假，特休假也可能增加，不過，具體方案還沒有出爐。 記者陳佳鑫 張梓嘉 台北報導