Flexible Parental Leave: Male Applicants Outnumber Women for First Time; Minister Says Policy Promotes Fatherhood Involvement
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Minister of Labor Hung Shen-yen announced that the new flexible parental leave system, implemented in January this year, has accumulated over 24,000 applications by May. In May alone, the proportion of male applicants surpassed female applicants for the first time, indicating the policy effectively encourages fathers to participate in childcare. Regarding a report that a driver position at the Ministry had a salary below the minimum wage, Hung clarified it was a typo in the recruitment brochure, which was immediately taken down, and emphasized that all contracted employees' salaries comply with Executive Yuan regulations.