Legislators from both of Taiwan's main political parties are calling for better regulations to prevent workplace bullying in the government. It comes after reports of verbal abuse and forced overtime from leadership in the Cabinet.
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00:00Legislators from across party lines are demanding more be done to tackle workplace bullying
00:05in government offices.
00:08The calls come after reports emerged from the cabinet accusing a department head of
00:13verbal abuse and some staff saying they were forced to work overtime without pay.
00:19When questioned, Premier Zhou Rongtai said the problem will be dealt with, but politicians
00:24say the issue requires more than a verbal commitment.
00:28Can't the Executive Yuan just do something about it?
00:31Hurry up and come up with a S.O.P. mechanism that can effectively deal with it.
00:37Otherwise, it's not really going to solve the current bullying in government offices.