The labor ministry is drafting a set of guidelines to protect the rights of people who work in the media. That’s because people in this industry work long hours, often without overtime pay.
The ministry said on Monday that according to random checks in the last six months, 31 out of 57 media outlets in Taiwan had violated labor laws, mostly by not paying their employees overtime, allowing workers to work beyond the legal limit on the number of hours, and failing to keep proper documentation of employees’ working hours.
The labor ministry said that the draft bill will make it clear that phone records and online or mobile messages can all be used as proof of office hours. Employees can use these records to apply for overtime pay.