Taiwan's Ministry of Labor says that only 2.9 percent of employees at
companies with more than 30 workers have applied to reduce their work hours
for childcare reasons in the past year.

Under Taiwan law, employees at companies with 30 or more employees who are
caring for children under the age of 3 can request a one-hour reduction in
their daily work hours without pay ... or they can apply for an adjustment of
work hours.

Employees at smaller companies can also negotiate similar arrangements with
their employers.

Among companies that allowed employees to reduce their work hours, 90 percent
didn't provide pay for the reduced hour, while 5.8 percent offered full pay
and 4 percent provided partial pay.

Nineteen percent of companies said they rejected such requests, most
commonly citing the availability of alternative leave options, staffing
constraints and the nature of their business operations.

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