The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) said it planned to provide thousands of jobs for middle-aged and elderly workers next month.
The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) reported last week that the unemployment rate fell for the first time since last September. The jobless rate stood at 5.75 percent last month, down 0.03 percentage points from a month earlier. The number of unemployed stood at 625,000, down 5,000 from the month before.
Despite the overall drop in the unemployment rate, the jobless rates for workers in the 45 to 64 age group increased by 1 percent from the previous month and by 70 percent from the same period last year.
Compared with other age groups, those aged 45 to 64 have been the hardest hit by the economic downturn, with as many as 142,000 middle-aged and elderly workers out of work last month.
The council plans to create about 6,500 to 7,000 public sector jobs next month to improve employment among this age group, Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training Director-General Chen I-min (陳益民).
However, they will be short-term positions lasting six months, he said.
Applicants can inquire at local employment service centers or visit the council's online job bank at www.ejob.gov.tw.
In related news, the council said that parents who voluntarily stay home to take care of their children because of school shutdowns caused by the A(H1N1) influenza can take “family caretaking leave,” but employers would not be prohibited from deducting the day's pay from their salary employee's salary.
However, if the employer asks the employee to take the day off, the employer is required to pay the day's salary as usual.
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