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Article: 180,000 WORKERS IN TAIWAN ON UNPAID LEAVE: LABOR COUNCIL.

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February 11, 2009
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TAIPEI, Feb 11 Asia Pulse - At least 180,000 workers across Taiwan are on unpaid leave, with those in the high-tech sector the most likely to be given extra days off, the Cabinet-level Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) reported Tuesday.

The council said the estimate is based on reports on unpaid leave practices submitted to the CLA from more than 400 companies across the country between Dec. 23 and Jan. 31, with the aggregate number of affected workers totaling around 180,000.

The CLA has required local enterprises since January to report the number of their workers on unpaid leave, to better monitor the impact of falling exports on Taiwan's labor market.

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