China News Agency, Taipei, June 16-The labor affairs department of the Taiwan authorities announced on the 16th that the latest statistics indicate that the number of companies and the number of companies involved in the implementation of unpaid leave has increased compared with the previous week, reaching 625 and 6,383.
Among them, the accommodation, catering, wholesale and retail industries increased the most.
According to reports from Taiwanese media such as Lianhe News Network and Zhongshi News Network, after the outbreak of the epidemic in May, the Taiwan authorities announced on May 19 that the whole Taiwan had entered the third level of alert. The current state has lasted for nearly a month, and it will be reached on June 28. Whether it will continue after the period is still inconclusive.
The inability of people to go out has greatly impacted domestic demand industries such as the service industry, and many companies have also been unable to produce normally.
The above statistics show that the implementation of unpaid leave in the manufacturing industry has also begun to rise slightly.
The Federation of Taiwan Industries released its latest survey on the 15th, stating that nearly 60% of companies said their employees were unable to go to work, and 20% of companies believed that the suspension of work had endangered their operations.
The survey shows that more than 60% of Taiwan’s enterprises said that the reduction in orders has reduced their profits. At present, domestic and overseas orders are showing a downward trend. In addition, factors such as rising raw material prices, insufficient overseas migration, and lack of shipping containers have also had a corresponding impact, leading to companies Profits are further reduced.
The agency recommends that compared with relief measures such as interest subsidies and increasing financing lines, vaccinations as soon as possible and employee salary subsidies are what companies currently need most.
For the current relief fund subsidy measures introduced by the authorities.
An editorial in the "United Daily News" on the 16th pointed out that this kind of program can have a certain effect when the epidemic is flat, but now that the epidemic is breaking out, the authorities should no longer "spend money" with a goalless mentality, but aim at the real urgent Who needs help.
What is most needed now is to save the emergency, save the poor and save employment.
In terms of the epidemic, the Taiwanese authorities’ “Pandemic Epidemic Command Center” announced on the 16th that there were 167 newly confirmed local cases and 18 deaths.
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