Revised work rules a concern for Taiwanese

THE MAJORITY of Taiwanese are concerned about more overtime hours due to revised work rules, a survey showed.

About 75% of 1 205 respondents believe they will be affected by the new rules, with over a quarter of them worrying about being stressed out both physically and mentally, according to the poll conducted by local human resource platform 1111 Job Bank.

The island’s administrators plan to revise the five-day working week rules, including changes to the monthly cap on overtime from 46 hours to up to 54 hours. The poll found out that 62% of the respondents already feel pressured by long working hours and 12% of them already work more than 12 hours a day.

Average annual working hours for each Taiwanese worker stood at 2 034 hours last year, overtaking

EMPLOYEES DO 11.4 HOURS OF OVERTIME WORK EACH WEEK ON AVERAGE

most other regions despite a slight drop compared to the previous year, local statistics showed.

Employees have to do 11.4 hours of overtime work each week on average, causing 86% of the respondents to consider quitting their jobs. People working in the media and publishing sector are burdened with the longest overtime hours of 64 hours each month, followed by the information technology industry, the survey showed. – Xinhua