New labor system doesn't work for bottled gas industry / 七休一.週休二日 瓦斯行恐假日無瓦斯可送　　　　　　　　　　

The government's policy of "one day off after six working days" and "two day weekend" has presented challenges for the bottled gas Industry. The Bottled Gas Association has sent an official letter to the Ministry of Labor to request that bottled gas companies and bottling plants apply a flexible working hour system On Sunday, a delivery man was still delivering gas bottles. However, the government's policy of "one day off after six days work" and "two days off a week" has caused a problem for the bottled gas industry. ==LIN TING-CHUNG, Taipei City Bottled Gas Association Chair== If we are forced to take two days off in a week, I believe that 60% of the gas market's demand will be affected. For safety, a bottled gas company can only have 8 gas bottles in stock and order from bottling plants when it runs out of stock. While the retail bottled gas companies apply to the flexible working hour system, the wholesale bottling plants are required to have one day's rest and one day's holiday. The conflicting systems have caused great trouble for the industry. ==HSIEH CHIEN-CHIEN, Dep. Dir-Gen., Dept. Labor Standards Equal Employment== We have asked the association to provide documents regarding the difficulties in applying the working hour system. After they submit the documents to the Ministry of Labor, we will then proceed to the discussion. The association has submitted the required documents. They hope that the Ministry of Labor will agree to allow both bottled gas companies and bottling plants to apply to the flexible working hour system by November; otherwise, the different working hour systems in the industry will create a huge impact on the society. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 星期日正中午，員工還是照樣騎著機車、載上兩桶瓦斯出門為民眾送瓦斯，不過政府推動的七休一及週休二日政策，讓瓦斯業感到很頭痛。 ==液化氣體燃料商業同業公會理事長 林廷忠== 迫不得已的時候 我們如果遵照勞動部的七休二 真的休下去的話 我相信會產生百分之60的 瓦斯消費市場 所有需要的市民 會產生停擺的狀況 基於安全考量，政府規定一家瓦斯行只能存放128公斤、相當於八桶的瓦斯，不足部分就必須向分裝廠調度，屬於零售業的瓦斯行適用於彈性工時，但屬於批發業的分裝廠、卻被勞動部要求週休二日，導致瓦斯行面臨假日沒瓦斯可送的情形，政策不一致，造成業者極大的不便。 ==勞動部勞動條件及就業平等司司長 謝倩蒨== 我們有以電話跟電子郵件 跟公會說明 希望他提供一些 補充工時上適應困難的資料 提送到勞動部來 那勞動部就可以 提到勞動基準諮詢會去討論 對此，瓦斯公會表示，相關文件都已上呈，原則上是希望瓦斯行跟分裝廠都能同時適用彈性工時，希望勞動部能夠在11月前具體回復瓦斯業的勞動政策適用性，否則瓦斯行假日沒瓦斯可送，只能被迫和分裝廠同步實施周休，到時受影響的將會是全台灣的民眾。 記者 朱芷儀 謝其文 台北報導