Legislative hearing on flight crew’s working conditions held following EVA Air case
Legislative hearing on flight crew’s working conditions held following EVA Air case
2025-10-15
Three days after the death of an EVA airline’s flight attendant was made public, a legislative hearing was held Wednesday morning with top officials of the labor, transportation and health ministries. Meanwhile, EVA airline’s Union also held a protest outside the Legislative Yuan to draw public attention to the company’s leave policy for cabin crew, which discourages flight attendants from taking sick days. Protestors say the current case is the tip of the iceberg of many shortcomings in current labor laws.
Lee Ying
EVA Air Union
If you take a certain number of days off, they’ll call you in to attend a disciplinary meeting, and during which they’ll remind you to take care of your health. Of course I know I should take care of my health, I don’t think we should be reminded of that.
EVA Air Union is staging a protest outside the Legislative Yuan, following the death of their colleague.
Qu Jia-yun
EVA Air Union
I’ve been on this job for 31 years. Over the years I’ve witnessed the company appearing to loosen its authoritarian grip, and there was even a strike very recently. We had hopes then and believed that the company would improve, but it all proves to be futile and we’re so very disappointed.
They also offered flowers to the flight attendant that passed away. Three days after the incident was made public, EVA Air has yet to make any response to the union’s request for the company to improve its leave policy.
Ho Shu-ping
Civil Aviation Administration
We’re ordering EVA Air to really reflect on this case and improve upon their practices, including their standards of procedure for routine operations and contingency responses. We also want them to clarify whether their practices in effect coerces employees against taking days off.
At the legislative hearing, the general-director of the Civil Aviation Administration says they’ve already assigned officials to investigate whether the EVA Air inflight supervisor had complied with regulations in reporting the flight attendant’s condition at the time, and that they will press the airline to submit a written report on the situation.
Hung Sun-han
Minister of Labor
It’s unreasonable for a worker to lose the month’s full attendance bonus if they only took sick days. Having workers grit their teeth through the day while they should’ve taken it off to recover from illness shouldn’t be seen as something that adds to a company’s productivity.
Under current laws, an employer could be fined up to NT$1.5 million for refusing a sick leave. However, bonuses, including for full attendance, are left entirely up to the employer’s discretion. The recent case at EVA Air reveals how companies can still manipulate salary structures to disincentive, and even coerce workers from exercising their rights, highlighting the urgency of better labor protection.
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長榮空服員勞權爭議 洪申翰:病假扣全勤獎金不合理
2025-10-15
長榮空服猝死案，引發外界關注航空業，勞動權益。勞動部長洪申翰，受訪時坦言，病假扣全勤獎金，並不合理，事發第三天，民航局也親上火線，證實座艙長沒有依規定通報，後續將督促長榮盡速給出調查報告，要求深刻檢討請假相關制度。
[[長榮航空企業工會監事會召集人 李瀅]]
“你請假超過一定天數，就用約談的方式，告訴你說，你要好好的照顧身體健康，我難道不知道我要好好照顧身體健康嗎，還需要你來說嗎”
長榮空服猝死案，持續延燒，工會出面開記者會，痛批公司。
[[長榮企業工會理事長 曲佳雲]]
“我已經飛了31年，在這中間，我見證了公司，從非常非常威權的狀況，到現在歷經罷工，我們對他懷抱希望，認為他會改進，可是事實證明，我們很寒心”
空服們在立院前獻上白花，為學妹悼念。事情爆發第三天，長榮航空對工會提出的請假制度改革訴求，持續已讀不回。
[[民航局長 何淑萍]]
“(要求長榮)徹底的去對這個案件做一個檢討改進，包含他們公司的一些作業層面的SOP，應變的通報處理等等，也包含他們的作業裡面，是不是會影響到員工請假”
民航局表示，已派員去長榮了解當事航班的作業情形，確認座艙長沒有依規定通報，後續將督促長榮，進快交出檢討報告。
[[勞動部長 洪申翰]]
“如果勞工請病假，就要被沒收整個月的全勤獎金，這不合理的，該請病假休息，但卻硬撐著上班，這不該被視為是對企業的正面績效”
只是翻開勞基法，若雇主拒絕勞工請病假，最高可罰到新台幣150 萬元，並沒有規定請病假不能扣全勤。空服員猝死，揭開台灣航空業血汗真相，也掀出勞基法不完備的問題。
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