Taiwan, a LED driver IC factory employees have begun unpaid leave

The day before, Taiwan media reported that a small IC design company is located in Hsinchu Science Park, a manufacturer of LED power management driver IC, the implementation of unpaid leave system in November 3rd, is expected to continue until the end of the year. It is reported that the company only 27 employees, there are already 23 people began to take unpaid leave.

In addition, there is a fine bamboo branch of the company to apply for unpaid leave, originally scheduled to be implemented in November 1st, but postponed 1 weeks, that is, from the beginning of 7, the company is also the size of 30 people.

Taiwan branch of the bureau pointed out that the current application of unpaid wages are mainly in the bamboo branch, affected by the downturn in the industry, the company executives and employees after deliberation, the resolution of 1 days a month without pay leave, until the end of the year, until the end of the year. In addition to the chairman, general manager, an assistant engineer and maintenance personnel, other staff are discharged.

Taiwan authorities said that at present there is no way to predict the future of the number of unpaid leave manufacturers, manufacturers are reluctant to make this estimate.

In addition, the Taiwan media also pointed out that the supreme leader of Taiwan Ma Ying-Jeou previously visited Hsinchu, a person in charge of the enterprise of "imitate Germany" system of flexible working hours, working hours to relax the restrictions, full year total work standard, the off-season work less, season again. The Taiwan electronics and information industry trade unions have a rebuttal.

The meeting pointed out that the current laws and regulations to the management has a very flexible production season, with 32 "emergency" trying to prolong their working hours and overtime pay can be. If the deadline is relaxed, "is it possible to allow employees to work 20 hours a day without exceeding the full year working hours?"

Electric Capital unions stressed that labor is not a production machine, the current 8 hours a day, with the maximum 12 hours of overtime hours, is legally the highest time workers can tolerate the enterprise, not for their own profit, in spite of the staff.

On time according to German account system recommendations. The Union believes that the German system has two premises, one is Germany's annual average working hours of 755 hours less than Taiwan (Taiwan 1 years average working hours of 2174 hours, 1419 hours, the German) can adjust the larger space; secondly, Germany has a strong union backing, can in the case without the loss of labor rights, by the Union and the employers to adjust working hours.