LABOR ACT AMENDMENT HEARING ENDS IN CLASHES|一例一休公聽會 勞團阻主席休息爆推擠

On November 16, the Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee of the Legislative Yuan, held a public hearing to resolve controversies over amendments to the Labor Standards Act. Clashes between labor groups and Chen Ying, who served as the chairman of the meeting, erupted after Chen declared a rest break in response to sustained interruptions. Labor groups withdrew from the afternoon session of the hearing and staged a sit-down protest at the entrance of the Legislative Yuan. ==LABOR REPRESENTIVE== Chairman, you, don't run away. DPP legislator Chen Ying fell to the floor during a scuffle at a public hearing. Labor activist Hsu Wei-dong, who had been on a hunger strike for over 280 hours, fainted and fell to the floor as well. The two were sent to the hospital, while the chaos continues at the public hearing. On November 16, the Legislative Yuan held a public hearing on the controversial amendments to the Labor Standards Act. The Labor groups were unpleasant, as only two DPP legislators attended the meeting. Therefore, they asked Chen to deal with the problem, but without a satisfying result. Clashes started after Chen declared a rest break in response to sustained interruptions. Labor groups said the public hearing was not held to communicate with the public but only for formalities. Therefore, they left the public hearing held in the afternoon and staged a sit-down protest at the entrance of the Legislative Yuan. ==JEN SHUI-LIU, Manufactures United General Assoc. of Industrial Park VP== At this stage, we should all set aside personal feelings and work to pass the bill first. After the bill is passed, we can still make amendments and review the bill. If a company goes out of business, then employees have to go find a new job. ==HSIN PING LUNG, Assoc. Prof., NTU Graduate Institute of National Development == To protect laborers' rights, I think the government should not cut the total number of holidays. As a result, increasing the days of annual leave may achieve the goal. ==KUO FANG-YU, Minister of Labor== Based on what we know, a lot of employees ask to work overtime on a flexible rest day to earn more money. Minister of Labor Kuo Fang-yu said the amendments do not include increasing maximum overtime hours. Moreover, cutting the seven national holidays is meant to standardize the number of days off in all industries, instead of pandering to employers. As to the annual leave issue, Kuo said he will provide more information for legislators as references. He promised that it will not be a pie in the sky. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH ==勞工代表== 主席不要落跑 大聲叫喊，要求主席不要落跑，現場發生嚴重推擠、場面相當火爆。民進黨立委陳瑩，在混亂當中倒地，就連絕食超過280小時的勞團代表許惟棟，也不支倒地。 兩人陸續被送醫，但現場衝突持續。 立法院針對勞基法修法爭議，在今天召開公聽會，但勞團表示，民進黨立委只有兩人到場，要求主席陳瑩處理，結果主席是宣布休息，引發勞團不滿，進而演變成嚴重推擠。 勞團認為，執政黨為了補足程序才辦公聽會，並非是要和民眾溝通，因此憤而退出下午場公聽會，改在門口靜坐。而立院場內，公聽會持續召開。 ==中華民國工業區廠商聯合會 副總會長 任水柳== 現階段 是不是說 我們能夠先 大家先吞忍一下 把這個法案先通過 (後續)要訂個五年十年的條款 我們再來修法 再來檢討 (萬一)公司如果倒了 那員工不就要去找工作 ==台大國發所副教授 辛炳隆== 為了保障勞動者的權益 我認為總休假天數 是不應該減少 所以這時候或許透過特休假的增加 是可以來達到這樣的一個目的 ==勞動部長 郭芳煜== 根據我們所知道的這些狀況 其實 很多的勞工還是需要在 比如說休息日的時候 有一個彈性的 一個加班的機會 勞動部長郭芳煜，針對各界說法回應，這次修法沒有提高加班時數的限制，而且砍假是為了讓全國作息一致，並非是向資方靠攏。至於「特休假」的部分，後續也會提供意見給委員們參考，絕對不會讓大家看不到、吃不到。 記者 台北 綜合報導