According to the labor law, the university established the key points for staff overtime work in August 2019 and specified the legal upper limit of overtime hours. For instance, the fourth point stipulates that applicants for overtime work should meet the following requirements:
1. If the routine tasks of the staff are not completed within the specified working period, they are not allowed to apply for overtime; however, due to temporary business needs or emergency handling, those who cannot complete the process within working hours must be approved by the unit supervisor and the first-level unit supervisor before they can work overtime.
2. The contracted staff of the university shall continue to work for four hours and shall have at least 30 minutes of rest before they can apply for overtime. Individuals must work over one hour per day before one may apply for overtime fees; going overtime for more than one hour will be counted towards salary for every half hour.
3. Working overtime on weekdays shall not exceed four hours, overtime on holidays shall not exceed eight hours, and overtime shall not exceed 46 hours per month.
4. If the number of overtime hours exceeds the preceding paragraph due to the business characteristics, the nature of the work, or the handling of major project business, in addition to the university contract personnel, the project should be approved by the Vice President for Administrative Affairs.
The term “child labor” in the Labor Standards Law refers to “employed workers over 15 but under 16 years of age.” If it is necessary to employ child labor, the employer should provide the consent form of its legal representative and the proof of age; in addition, the daily working hours of child workers shall not exceed 8 hours, and they shall not work between 8 pm and 6 am the next morning and on holidays. All employees of this university must have a college degree or above, that is, they are all over 20 years old. Therefore, TKU has never employed child labor.