A former department head is to be fired after a performance review found that she was guilty of workplace bullying, the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration said in a statement on Friday.
The official, surnamed Yu (游), is in a nonsupervisory position at the agency, which said that she would be fired after an investigation that concluded on Tuesday determined her behavior during her time as head of the Ministry of Justice’s personnel department and at the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) constituted bullying.
Complaints made anonymously on Facebook group accused Yu of making degrading remarks; abusing her power by making subordinates handle non-work-related personal matters, such as preparing meals for her; and publicly scolding civil servants for not replying to messages outside work hours, the statement said.
Photo: Wu Cheng-feng, Taipei Times
Yu was appointed head of the DGBAS’ personnel department in November 2015 and served at the Ministry of Justice from June 2019 to March last year before returning to her DGBAS post, according to a government postings database compiled by National Chengchi University and publicly available government records.
A special performance review committee convened on Friday and handed her two major demerits, which for civil servants can result in dismissal, the statement said.
Yu’s behavior damaged the public view of the government and civil servants, and had a mental and emotional effect on her subordinates, it said.
The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration said that zero tolerance for bullying in the workplace is the public consensus, and it apologized to the people affected by Yu’s bullying and their families.
On Friday last week, the agency launched an online platform for civil servants to file complaints about workplace bullying, adding to other channels for making such complaints.
The move followed a bullying case that emerged after the death of a civil servant at the Ministry of Labor on Nov. 4.
His supervisor was dismissed on Nov. 20 and is in detention amid an investigation into alleged corruption.
Then-minister of labor Ho Pei-shan (何佩珊) resigned on the same day.
A preclearance service to facilitate entry for people traveling to select airports in Japan would be available from Thursday next week to Feb. 25 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC) said on Tuesday. The service was first made available to Taiwanese travelers throughout the winter vacation of 2024 and during the Lunar New Year holiday. In addition to flights to the Japanese cities of Hakodate, Asahikawa, Akita, Sendai, Niigata, Okayama, Takamatsu, Kumamoto and Kagoshima, the service would be available to travelers to Kobe and Oita. The service can be accessed by passengers of 15 flight routes operated by
MORE FALL: An investigation into one of Xi’s key cronies, part of a broader ‘anti-corruption’ drive, indicates that he might have a deep distrust in the military, an expert said China’s latest military purge underscores systemic risks in its shift from collective leadership to sole rule under Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), and could disrupt its chain of command and military capabilities, a national security official said yesterday. If decisionmaking within the Chinese Communist Party has become “irrational” under one-man rule, the Taiwan Strait and the regional situation must be approached with extreme caution, given unforeseen risks, they added. The anonymous official made the remarks as China’s Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Joint Staff Department Chief of Staff Liu Zhenli (劉振立) were reportedly being investigated for suspected “serious
ENHANCING EFFICIENCY: The apron can accommodate 16 airplanes overnight at Taoyuan airport while work on the third runway continues, the transport minister said A new temporary overnight parking apron at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is to start operating on Friday next week to boost operational efficiency while the third runway is being constructed, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday. The apron — one of the crucial projects in the construction of the third runway — can accommodate 16 aircraft overnight at the nation’s largest international airport, Minister of Transportation and Communications Chen Shih-kai (陳世凱) told reporters while inspecting the new facility yesterday morning. Aside from providing the airport operator with greater flexibility in aircraft parking during the third runway construction,
American climber Alex Honnold is to attempt a free climb of Taipei 101 today at 9am, with traffic closures around the skyscraper. To accommodate the climb attempt and filming, the Taipei Department of Transportation said traffic controls would be enforced around the Taipei 101 area. If weather conditions delay the climb, the restrictions would be pushed back to tomorrow. Traffic controls would be in place today from 7am to 11am around the Taipei 101 area, the department said. Songzhi Road would be fully closed in both directions between Songlian Road and Xinyi Road Sec 5, it said, adding that bidirectional traffic controls would
RSS