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Article: TAIWAN OFFICE WORKERS ON UNPAID LEAVE PLAN MORE LEISURE TIME.
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- January 13, 2009
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TAIPEI, Jan 13 Asia Pulse - Taiwanese office workers who have been forced to take unpaid leave plan to take a good rest or work at odd jobs to earn extra income during their spare time, said a survey conducted by an online human resources firm.
The results of the survey, conducted by www.1111.com.tw, come in the wake of an announcement by the Council of Labor Affairs last week that 18 per cent of enterprises that employ 200 workers or more imposed an "unpaid leave" policy last December, affecting 200,000 office workers.
The job bank's survey found that respondents on unpaid leave or about to take unpaid leave generally said that the best thing to do ...