| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 勞工關係學系碩士在職專班 === 106 === The changes in labor’s right have great impacts on labors in Taiwan. The amended Labor Standard Act on “one fixed day off and one flexible rest day” regulations have impacts on the catering industry which is normally very labor intensive with low wages and long working hours. This change has caused an increase in resting days, inflexibility of work schedules and which, in turn, increases in labor cost, additional overtime pay and increases in sales prices. It is evident that this change did not bring any benefits to all three parties, namely, the labors, the employers and the government. In 2018, the government revised a new version of “one fixed day off and one flexible rest day” again with regards to a flexible arrangement on overtime, job schedules, work shifts, special resting days, and resting days real calculation of overtime work. It is yet to know if this new version will bring a satisfactory outcome to protect labor’s right. It was mentioned that this revised regulation will address the need for Taiwan to go global and an increasing awareness in labor’s rights. But there was a very little study on the impact of the revised regulations on the employer and labor’s rights. Therefore, this study analyzes the impact on the catering industry after implementing the “one fixed day off and one flexible rest day” regulation.
This study uses the qualitative method in analyzing the subjects. It uses a systematic analysis on the existing literature for international labor law, Taiwan Labor Act, regulations on working hours and historical background of labor disputes. After the consolidation of related literature, in-depth semi-structured interviews with employer, labors, and practitioners are conducted to summarize the key findings of this study. Through the key findings, this study hopes to understand the situations of existing implementation on the revised labor law and to find the corresponding solutions so as to be used for practice management and for future research.
Keywords: one fixed day off, one flexible rest day, working hour regulation,
flexible working hours, Taiwan Labor Act, food industry
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