Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) on Friday accused Chunghwa Post of being a heartless corporation that refused to pay compensation after the death of one of its employees.
Chiang said that a postal office in Taichung’s Heping District (和平) responsible for residents in an area of about 1,000km2 was essentially a one-person office, where a postal worker surnamed Lee (李) worked full-time with a half-day, part-time worker.
Lee reportedly died on his way home on Dec. 31 last year.
His family filed for compensation, saying that Lee had died on the job.
Chiang said that Lee’s death from cardiac arrest was due to his heavy workload at the Heping office.
Chiang also said that the company had ignored the worsening working environments at its more rural offices in favor of penny-pinching.
The company showed no consideration for Lee’s family after his death, when it described the cause of Lee’s death as “murky” because no autopsy was performed, Chiang said, adding that Chunghwa Post’s general manager had not made even a telephone call to Lee’s family to offer his condolences.
No information could be found on Lee’s overtime record because he checked in and out by writing his name, Chiang said, adding that the deceased worker had a perfect attendance record.
Chunghwa Post Co vice general-manager Chiang Jui-tang (江瑞堂) said Lee’s death might not qualify as having been job-related because Lee was not on the route he usually took when returning home.
Responding to Johnny Chiang’s allegations that Chunghwa Post neglects the well-being of employees at its rural offices, Chiang Jui-tang said the company had to consider its overhead costs.
At the Heping office, the average workload is from 50 to 60 percent of that in most post offices, Chiang Jui-tang added.
Chunghwa Post takes Lee’s death very seriously, Chiang Jui-tang said, although the worker’s family had been unable to provide information on the overtime they said he had worked.
Chunghwa Post planned to ask the family for more information, Chiang Jui-tang said.
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