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More workers furloughed last week, ministry says

More workers furloughed last week, ministry says Staff writer, with CNA The number of furloughed workers increased slightly in the past week, while declining on a monthly basis, the Ministry of Labor said yesterday. As of Friday, 4,451 workers agreed to take unpaid leave, up 249 from 4,202 reported on Monday last week, while the number of furloughed workers declined on a monthly basis, from 6,400 in December last year to about 4,400 last month, ministry data showed. Meanwhile, the number of companies offering unpaid leave programs increased by 25 to 406, the data showed. The manufacturing sector recorded the largest number of furloughed workers at 1,713, up from 1,575 the previous week, ahead of the transportation and warehousing sector with 1,030, and the retail and wholesale industry with 725, the ministry said.

Furloughed worker number up as service sector impacted by COVID-19

Workers rap city s handling of COVID outbreak at gang-intervention unit

Workers rap city’s handling of COVID outbreak at gang-intervention unit Katie Johnston © John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Jamaine Gaitor, a former City of Boston employee who worked with gangs, says he was fired for being a whistle-blower over unsafe conditons that led to a COVID oitbreak. Five employees of SOAR Boston, the city’s gang-intervention program, have tested positive for COVID-19 this month, along with five other city employees in the same building, and SOAR staffers say the administration has not done enough to inform employees about the outbreak or to keep them safe. One SOAR employee subsequently infected his wife and daughter, workers said, and another spread it to her sister, who in turn infected several of her co-workers.

Number of furloughed workers edges down

Number of furloughed workers edges down 12/16/2020 03:46 PM CNA file photo for illustrative purpose only Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) The number of furloughed workers in Taiwan dropped by 132 from the previous week to 5,935, with the machine tool manufacturing sector seeing the largest decline, data released Wednesday by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) showed. Meanwhile, the number of employers on unpaid leave programs totaled 450 as of Dec. 15, down one from a week earlier, the data indicated. Although the past week saw a slight decrease in the total number of furloughed workers, the number of employers implementing unpaid leave programs in the support services sector, such as travel agencies, increased by five, as travel restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic remain in place, according to Department of Labor Standards and Equal Employment Deputy Director Huang Wei-chen (黃維琛).

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