COVID-19: Relief subsidies to workers paid out since yesterdayBy Lee Hsin-fang, Wu Su-wei and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe first payments of the government’s latest COVID-19 relief funding were wired into residents’ bank accounts at midnight yesterday. NPP Legislator Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said that businesses in the tourism industry should receive higher relief subsidies. Part-time employees in the service sector should also receive subsidies, she said, adding that currently only those who work full-time in the sector benefit from the program. Chiu said that firms that receive subsidies should be barred from laying off workers, while blue-collar workers should benefit more from relief programs. The Democratic Progressive Party caucus has said that an extraordinary legislative session should be held within the next to weeks, focused on COVID-19 relief funding.

Source: Taipei Times June 04, 2021 15:56 UTC