LABOR GROUPS OPPOSE ANY FURTHER CHANGES TO LABOR LAW|勞動政策公聽 "一例一休"勞資針鋒相對

The first public hearing out of 5 as requested by lawmakers to review the government's newly implemented labor policies took place yesterday. Minister of Labor Lin Mei-chu stresses that the government simply wants to hear more from different stockholders, but labor groups suspect that the hearings are a prelude to a new round of amendments aimed at benefiting employers. Outside the public hearing on labor issues, labor groups protested that the labor law amendment had just entered the investigation of its implementation stage but the government already wanted to change it in favor of employers. ==PROTESTORS== Employers' flexibility is workers' hell. Ever since the labor law amendment was implemented, it has been unpopular. The Legislative Yuan's Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee requested the Ministry of Labor to hold public hearings on this and other labor issues before the next legislative session. The first was held on July 18. Most participants were labor group representatives who all opposed the any further amendment to the new labor law amendment. ==HUANG SUNG-JU Trade Union of electrical electronic and information in Taiwan== Our work hours are the fourth highest in the world, why would we want to amend them now, so that employers can be flexible? so that they can add to worker's hours? ==HSIEH I-HUNG No High Tuition Alliance== Amend the law so that we have seven days national holiday again, no need to keep on lying, the work hours bank, real calculation of overtime hours, or lengthening holidays, deferring special leave, these issues continue to deteriorate the job market that our youth are entering and the whole labor market. After the labor representatives took their turn to speak, the employers started but were cut off by heckling. ==HUA CHING-CHI Chinese National Federation of Industries representative== If our business gets short lead time orders or when it's high season, I have 46 hours of overtime at the most, so do I dare to take on that order? if I can't finish it, in that sort of situation my international competitiveness is gone and then there's no opportunity for any extra pay for anyone. ==NS== Give back our seven days' national holiday! These officials keep telling us having one day a week off and one flexible day off is so good. Minister of Labor, Lin Mei-chu said she has no intention of amending the law again but just wants to hear reactions. She quoted President Tsai's recent words that amending the labor law is complex and after looking at it three times herself she still did not understand it. ==LIN MEI-CHU Minister of Labor== Technical industries have their professional requirements, so I think there are some articles which are a little complicated, but after lots of explanation with people who have used them long term, there shouldn't be any areas which are misunderstood. During the meeting, many labor union representatives said that the labor law had cut seven days' holiday to give them one day off a week, with one flexible day off, thus employers saved NT$6.30 billion a year in overtime pay for holidays, so they refused to accept any more changes to the law or else they would hold a large scale protest. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 勞動部應立委要求，今天起陸續召開5場公聽會，希望聽各界針對一例一休、及勞保年金改革等勞動政策建議，雖然勞動部長林美珠仍重申，一例一休現在沒有修法打算，只是聽聽各界意見，不過，勞工團體認為，這是政府要為資方再修一例一休前的鋪路，因此在場外抗議。 選在勞動政策公聽會場外，勞工團體呼口號抗議，反對一例一休才剛進入勞檢期，政府就要為資方再修法。 一例一休上路半年多、爭議不少，民進黨立委已經提出修法版本，立法院衛環委員會也要求勞動部，在立法院下個會期開議前、召開公聽會，第一場公聽會下午舉行，來參加的多為勞方代表，一致反對一例一休再修法。 ==電子電機資訊產業工會代表 黃宋儒== 工時也是全世界第四高 難道我們現在要 再繼續放寬雇主的彈性 增加勞工的工時嗎 ==反教育商品化聯盟成員 謝毅弘== 沒錯 修法 把七天假還來 不要再繼續騙什麼 工時銀行 加班時數實際折算 或是要特休假遞延 再繼續惡化我們青年未來進入 勞動市場之後的勞動處境 在勞工輪番發言後，資方代表一發言，馬上被嗆聲。 ==全國工業總會代表 華清吉== 假如我企業接到急單 或是旺季的時候 我46小時 我每個月46小時(加班上限) 如果做不完 我是不是這個單子不敢接 那這樣的狀況下 在國際競爭力降低下 連加薪的機會可能都沒有 勞動部長林美珠則重申，現在沒有修法的打算，只是聽聽各界意見，也為總統蔡英文日前說，勞基法條複雜，自己看三遍都未必懂，作出回應。 ==勞動部長 林美珠== 術業有專攻 所以我想 或許有一些條文的部分 稍微地複雜一點 但是經過若干的解釋 跟長期在適用的人 應該比較不會有這方面的疑義 會場上，許多勞工代表都提到，當初勞工用砍7天假換一例一休，資方一年已經省了630億國定假日加班費，因此堅決反對再修法，否則將發動大規模抗爭。 許恆慈 陳立峰 台北報導