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Article: 46% OF TAIWAN OFFICE WORKERS AFFECTED BY UNPAID LEAVE: SURVEY.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- February 2, 2009
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TAIPEI, Feb 2 Asia Pulse - The practice of sending workers on unpaid leave has been growing among production companies in Taiwan since October last year, and the domestic job market may see another wave of layoffs in the first quarter of 2009, the Internet-based 1111 Job Bank warned Sunday.
Ryan Wu, chief operating officer of 1111 Job Bank, said an online survey conducted recently by his organization showed that 46 per cent of Taiwan's office workers had been told to take up to 10 days of unpaid leave each month since October.
According to the survey, office workers sent on unpaid leave have seen their monthly wages reduced by one-third on average. Some ...