Virus Outbreak: Youth rights groups call on officials to boost labor safetyBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterYouth rights advocates yesterday called on the central government to offer better labor protection to workers who are recent graduates or still in school, saying that they should not be forgotten as International Workers’ Day is celebrated today. A survey of 727 workers aged 24 and younger, conducted from Thursday last week to Tuesday, was released yesterday by the Taiwan Alliance for Advancement of Youth Rights and Welfare. Youth rights advocates yesterday hold a news conference in Taipei to present the results of a survey by the Taiwan Alliance for Advancement of Youth Rights and Welfare. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said that they did not know what government relief measures are in place for workers aged 24 and younger. Independent Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) urged the government to better educate young people about their labor rights, saying that part-time jobs, which many young people take on, are different than full-time jobs.

Source: Taipei Times April 30, 2020 15:56 UTC