One fixed day off and one flexible rest day

One fixed day off and one flexible rest day (Chinese: 一例一休; pinyin: Yīlì Yīxiū) is a working-day reform policy implemented by the cabinet office of Tsai Ing-wen, the President of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, after her inauguration on 2016. The amendment to the Labor Standards Act stipulates that a worker shall have two days off in every seven days, one of which is a fixed day off and the other is a flexible rest day. The fixed day off is a mandatory holiday, and the actual day of the day off can be decided by the employers and the workers whether to be Saturdays or Sundays.[1] During the flexible rest day, workers who need more income can opt to work if the company allows them to work on that day. The purpose of the amendment is to make sure all workers should be entitled to adequate rest periods.

Any worker worked at flexible rest day shall be treated as overtime, Any overtime under four hours shall be counted as four hours, more than four to eight hours of overtime shall be counted as eight, and more than eight to 12 hours , the maximum, of overtime shall be counted as 12 hours.

Employers [2][3] may ask employees to work on their rest day after obtaining their consent but are obligated to provide additional pay. As for “fixed day off”, employers may ask employees to work only in the event of a natural disaster or emergency, and would have to compensate employees with double salary for the day plus an additional day off to make up for it.[4][5] The Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's Legislature) passed the amendments under the Labor Standards Acts (the "LSA") after an entire three-reading process on 6 December 2016.[6]

The passed amendments to the Labor Standards Act mentioned above also include the cancellation of 7 days off for National holidays originally stipulated in the same Act.[7] The holidays include: the day following New Year’s day, Youth Day, Teachers' Day, Taiwan Retrocession Day, Birthday of President Chiang Kai-shek, Sun Yat-sen's Birthday, and Constitution Day.[8] Relevant regulations on the Annual Paid Leave and Special Leave of a new recruit are also included in the amendments.[9]

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References

  1. ↑ "例假日與休息日的日期約定".
  2. ↑ "Employer". Employers' eTraining official website.
  3. ↑ "Employers' Responsibility". Bureau of Labor Insurance, Ministry of Labor.
  4. ↑ "Labor Standards Act". Ministry of Labor. 21 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Taiwan labor ministry explains newly passed Labor Standards Act amendment". Taiwan News. 7 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cabinet passes labor act amendments". Taipei Times. 1 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Laborers to receive five remaining national holidays before law change│Taiwan News". 20 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Executive Yuan passes proposal to cancel 7 national holidays│Taiwan News". 30 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "7 long holidays for private sector in 2017│China Post". 9 September 2016.
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