LPG INDUSTRY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FOUR-WEEK WORK PLAN|桶裝瓦斯批發.零售 納4週彈性工時

After the Ministry of Labor announced that the trucking industry will become eligible for so-called eight-week flexible working hour accounting, allowing them to distribute working hours over eight-week periods when calculating overtime, it is also expected next week that the wholesalers and retailers for compressed liquid natural gas will also become eligible for four-week flexible working hour accounting. This accounting system will allow companies to schedule employees for 12 consecutive days of work. The gas industry says that the gas distribution and bottling plants should also be included in the new rules, otherwise there will be nothing to deliver to customers anyway. This noodle shop uses two 20-kilogram canisters of gas every three days when business is good. The owner makes extra orders of gas during holidays and long weekends, because the new day-off rules mean that there are no more weekend deliveries. ==MS. NIU Noodle Shop Owner== There's nowhere to go if you run out, and there's no making noodles without gas. So then there's no doing business. New day-off regulations requiring one day off every seven days apply to the natural gas industry. Now, the Ministry of Labor is planning to announce that compressed liquid natural gas wholesalers and retailers will be eligible for four-week flexible working hour accounting, which will allow companies to schedule employees for 12 consecutive working days. ==HUANG WEI-CHEN Dir. of Labor Standards and Equal Employment Dept., MOL== Our consideration is that there is a public need which we need to think about. Another consideration is that this industry is highly seasonal, there are peaks and valleys in demand. However, gas companies say that gas distribution and bottling plants should also be eligible for the exemption, or there may be no gas to deliver. ==LIN TING-CHUNG Chair, Taipei City Liquified Gas Fuel Association== If we run out of stock, we have to go to a distribution plant for more. But if the distribution plant is forced to close on Sundays, then there will be no gas for us to deliver on Sundays either. The Ministry of Labor says that it will meet with gas companies to determine the best rules for the industry, hoping to strike a balance between practical needs and rest for employees. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN 勞動部昨天預告、將俗稱物流業的汽車貨運業，納入8週彈性工時之後，下禮拜還將預告，把桶裝瓦斯批發業、桶裝瓦斯零售業等，納入彈性最大的4週工時，員工最多可連續上12天班，瓦斯業者呼籲，應把中盤瓦斯分裝廠一併納入，否則到時、也是無貨可送。 老闆娘忙著調味、煮麵條給客人，生意好的時候，三天就要用掉兩桶20公斤的桶裝瓦斯，尤其遇到連續假期時，她都會多叫幾桶瓦斯放著備用，就怕瓦斯行一例一休、放假不送貨。 ==麵店老闆娘 牛小姐== 因為如果臨時沒有的話 你要去哪裡(叫瓦斯) 沒有瓦斯你就不能煮啦 對不對 你生意就沒辦法做啦 總不能麵煮一半沒瓦斯，但一例一休上路後，做七得休一，瓦斯業也得照辦，為此，勞動部將再做鬆綁，下周將預告，把桶裝瓦斯批發業、桶裝瓦斯零售業等，納入彈性最大的4周工時，員工最多可連續上12天班。 ==勞動部副司長 黃維琛== 我們有考慮到說 民生需求這是一個部分 要去做衡量的 再來的話 就是它的業別來講 它可能有集中的 尖峰的時期 也有一些淡旺季的差別 不過桶裝瓦斯業者認為，不能只放寬桶裝瓦斯的批發和零售業工時，中盤的瓦斯分裝廠也應一體適用，否則到時、可能無貨可叫。 ==北市液化氣體燃料公會理事長 林廷忠== 如果賣完了 我們必須要到分裝廠去填裝 但是分裝廠如果你規定 它禮拜天休的話 我們禮拜天也沒辦法 沒辦法去載瓦斯回來送 勞動部強調，將和桶裝瓦斯業者開會了解，找出最適合的休假方式，希望在員工休假權益與實際需求找到平衡點。 記者 賴淑敏 陳信隆 台北報導