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ECCT Human Resources Committee Lunch

New regulations on working hours
How Labour Standards Law amendments will affect companies

Guest speaker
Huang Wei-chen, Deputy Director-General,
Department of Labour Standards and Equal Employment, Ministry of Labour
勞動部 勞動條件及就業平等司  黃維琛副司長

12:00 - 14:00, Friday, 27 November 2015
Howard Plaza Hotel Taipei, Dragon Hall (3F) / 台北福華大飯店 金龍廳 (3樓)
160, Section 3, Renai Road, Taiwan City / 台北市仁愛路三段160號 MAP

On 3 June 2015, the Ministry of Labour announced amendments to the Labour Standards Law (LSL) that will have profound implications for all businesses in Taiwan. Effective from 1 January 2016, employees will be allowed to work for a maximum of eight hours a day or 40 hours per week. In addition, employers will be required to keep and maintain attendance records, accurate to the minute, for five years.

While exceptions will be allowed to provide some flexibility (with the consent of a labour union or, in the absence of a union, a labour-management conference) an employee's total working time may not exceed 48 hours in any given week.

The new regulations have raised serious concerns for ECCT members in a number of industries. Companies in the financial services sector, industries which require employees to work overtime for several consecutive days or jobs which require salespersons to be out of the office for extended periods of time will have great difficulty in complying with the new requirements.

At this specially-arranged lunch our guest speaker will provide an overview and explanation of the new regulations and answer any questions of clarification raised by members.

About the speaker
Mr. Huang Wei-chen is the Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Labour's Department of Labour Standards and Equal Employment. He is familiar with the Labour Standards Law, the Act of Gender Equality in Employment and has a wide knowledge and understanding of labour law issues including working hours, salaries and gender equality in employment. Huang holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from National Taiwan University.

Please note: This event will be conducted in Mandarin

Cost: NT$1,300 for members; NT$1,900 for member's guest

To Cancel without penalty, written cancellations must be received 24 hours prior to the event.

Contact: Jenny Wu / Tel 2740-0236 ext.219 / jenny.wu@ecct.com.tw/www.ecct.com.tw