Nearly 53 percent of workers in Taiwan will accept high-risk jobs if the price is right, according to the results of a survey released by the 1111 Job Bank yesterday.
The survey was conducted between Oct. 28 and Nov. 12 on 1,300 workers, with a margin of error of 2.7 percent.
As to why a person would take a high-risk job, 42.38 percent of the respondents said these jobs usually offer high pay, 39.92 percent said they would earn big money in a short period of time, 30 percent said this would help them through the hard times of unemployment, and 24.23 percent said these jobs would enrich their life experience.
The top-10 high-risk professions named by the respondents were high-voltage electricity engineering, chemical manufacturing, high-rise window cleaning, quarry blasting, fire-fighting, oil and propane delivery, being a police officer, stunt performing, medical waste disposal, and mining.
As to the degree of risk involving their present jobs, the respondents graded an average of 3.84 on a 10-point scale.
Those respondents from the medical and biochemical sectors consider their professions the most dangerous (4.7 points), followed by those working in the traditional manufacturing sector (4.3 points) and dining, tourism and entertainment sectors (4.1 points).
The survey found that less than 20 percent of the workers will take workplace safety into consideration in picking their jobs, with 61 percent citing career development as their priority.
Also, more than 50 percent of the respondents are unaware of the fact that workers in some high-risk professions are not entitled to insurance because of rejection by insurance companies, according to the survey.
GOOD DIPLOMACY: The KMT has maintained close contact with representative offices in Taiwan and had extended an invitation to Russia as well, the KMT said The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) would “appropriately handle” the fallout from an invitation it had extended to Russia’s representative to Taipei to attend its international banquet last month, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday. US and EU representatives in Taiwan boycotted the event, and only later agreed to attend after the KMT rescinded its invitation to the Russian representative. The KMT has maintained long-term close contact with all representative offices and embassies in Taiwan, and had extended the invitation as a practice of good diplomacy, Chu said. “Some EU countries have expressed their opinions of Russia, and the KMT respects that,” he
CHANGES: After-school tutoring periods, extracurricular activities during vacations or after-school study periods must not be used to teach new material, the ministry said The Ministry of Education yesterday announced new rules that would ban giving tests to most elementary and junior-high school students during morning study and afternoon rest periods. The amendments to regulations governing public education at elementary schools and junior high schools are to be implemented on Aug. 1. The revised rules stipulate that schools are forbidden to use after-school tutoring periods, extracurricular activities during summer or winter vacation or after-school study periods to teach new course material. In addition, schools would be prohibited from giving tests or exams to students in grades one to eight during morning study and afternoon break periods, the
An increase in Taiwanese boats using China-made automatic identification systems (AIS) could confuse coast guards patrolling waters off Taiwan’s southwest coast and become a loophole in the national security system, sources familiar with the matter said yesterday. Taiwan ADIZ, a Facebook page created by enthusiasts who monitor Chinese military activities in airspace and waters off Taiwan’s southwest coast, on Saturday identified what seemed to be a Chinese cargo container ship near Penghu County. The Coast Guard Administration went to the location after receiving the tip and found that it was a Taiwanese yacht, which had a Chinese AIS installed. Similar instances had also
AMENDMENT: Contact with certain individuals in China, Hong Kong and Macau must be reported, and failure to comply could result in a prison sentence, the proposal stated The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday voted against a proposed bill by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers that would require elected officials to seek approval before visiting China. DPP Legislator Puma Shen’s (沈伯洋) proposed amendments to the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例), stipulate that contact with certain individuals in China, Hong Kong and Macau should be reported, while failure to comply would be punishable by prison sentences of up to three years, alongside a fine of NT$10 million (US$309,041). Fifty-six voted with the TPP in opposition