Legislators call for legal amendment on gender equalityBy Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNADemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) and Fan Yun (范雲) yesterday urged the Ministry of Labor to review gender equality laws to protect workers, following a sexual harassment scandal at a chocolate company. At a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, the lawmakers called for amending the Gender Equality in Employment Act (性別工作平等法). The amendment highlights a case in which former Fu Wan Chocolate president Hsu Feng-chia (許峰嘉) was sentenced to six months in prison in 2015. Democratic Progressive Party legislators Fan Yun, left, and Hung Sun-han attend a news conference in Taipei yesterday, calling on the Ministry of Labor to review gender equality laws. Fan said that Fu Wan Chocolate is the first instance of a company’s products being boycotted due to a sexual harassment case.

Source: Taipei Times December 10, 2020 15:56 UTC