Legislator Hung Shen-han has been appointed as labor minister after the resignation of Ho Pei-shan in the wake of a workplace abuse scandal that has rocked Taiwan's government.
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00:00Taiwan has a new labor minister, after the previous one resigned in the wake of a workplace
00:05bullying scandal.
00:06The newly appointed minister, legislator Hong Seung-han, has already taken office.
00:11His predecessor, He Peishan, stepped down after illegal working conditions and alleged
00:15severe workplace bullying came to light earlier this month after a labor ministry employee
00:20suicide.
00:21Hong is a former civil rights activist and has been tasked by the premier to come up
00:25with new labor policies to protect workers.
00:28Public employees in Taiwan currently do not have the same legal workplace protections
00:32as private sector workers.