(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Taiwan has been diagnosed with zero diagnoses for 12 consecutive days. 65.1% of workers are worried about being paid unpaid leave
China News Agency, Taipei, May 19: Taiwan has no new confirmed cases of new pneumonia for 12 consecutive days, but affected by the epidemic, the number of unpaid leave continues to rise. A survey released on the 19th showed that 65.1% of the workers were afraid of being paid without pay, and 59.4% of the workers were worried about being laid off by the company.
According to media reports from the Central News Agency and the United Daily News, Taiwan ’s “epidemic epidemic command center” announced on the 19th that there were no newly diagnosed cases on that day, zero consecutive diagnoses for 12 consecutive days and no local confirmed cases for 37 consecutive days. At present, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Taiwan is 440.
On the same day, Kaohsiung Mayor Korea Yu announced that in order to balance the economy and the epidemic prevention, Kaohsiung City will conditionally open eight major industries such as hotels and dance halls from May 20, but the epidemic prevention measures are not relaxed, and it is still necessary to maintain social distance, wear masks, and register real names. Wait. Cooperating operators can continue to operate, and uncooperative operators will be fined.
Statistics show that as of May 15, there were 1,189 unpaid leave companies in Taiwan, with a total of 21,067 people. Yes123 job search website released on the 19th "unpaid leave panic and layoffs and pay cuts epidemic crisis survey" pointed out that 65.1% of workers recently fear of being paid unpaid leave, 59.4% of workers worry about being laid off by the company.
The survey shows that 32.6% of the workers believe that they have been hit by the epidemic, and their monthly income decreases after the New Year. Among them, 66.8% of the workers revealed that they are currently under financial pressure. The monthly financial gap is NT $ 7224 on average. Based on the calculation of 9.128 million people employed in Taiwan, it is estimated that there are nearly 2 million "potential bailouts" due to the epidemic.
The survey also found that 63.2% of companies believe that from now until June 30, the implementation of unpaid leave will be more serious; 23.3% of companies revealed that they have considered implementing unpaid leave in the first half of this year; another 11.6% Of companies admitted that they had considered layoffs in the first half of this year.
From April 30 to May 13, yes123 job search network sampled online questionnaires. There were 1,314 valid questionnaires for members with a confidence level of 95% and an error value of plus or minus 2.7%; there were 855 valid questionnaires for enterprises with a confidence level of 95%, the error value is plus or minus 3.35%. (Finish)