Taiwan's Legislature Passes Minimum Wage Law
Taiwan's legislature has passed a law setting new standards for raising the minimum wage.
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00:00 Taiwan has passed a new law governing the minimum wage.
00:04 The new law sets up a yearly committee that will base its decision on the Consumer Price Index,
00:09 though it's also allowed to consider other indicators like GDP.
00:13 This change is part of the platform put forward by President Tsai Ing-wen during her first term,
00:18 but was held up over disagreements about the details of the law.
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