The government should draft a law to guarantee workers a minimum wage, amend the Employment Service Act (就業服務法) and protect the labor insurance system from bankruptcy, the Taiwan Labour Front said in a statement on International Workers’ Day yesterday.
The government should consider stipulating new labor regulations and amending existing ones in view of new risks posed by the rapidly changing domestic work environment, the group said.
A draft minimum wage law that offers wage security to workers should be the No. 1 issue that the government tackles, it said.
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President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) must fulfill the promise she made during the 2016 presidential election, when she pledged a more transparent and reasonable mechanism to adjust the minimum wage as a long-term solution to address social problems caused by low wages, it added.
The group also said that it supports drafting a labor education act, as labor rights education should be rooted in the education system.
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