14 DAY TRIAL // Around the holidays, it was noted that lawsuits, curiously, sprouted up more than before and it seems that, even now that they are over and done with, some companies still get called on alleged unlawful practices.
Some end-users may remember how an entire slew of lawsuits were started during the fourth quarter of 2010 and especially during the month of December alone.
Apparently, while less frequently, legal actions are still being taken against even the larger players on the IT market.
One of the most recent ones to emerge was started by Taiwan's Department of Labor of Taipei City against Asustek Computer and Pegatron Technology, among others.
Pegatron is said to have had its employees work more than 12 hours a day, meaning that total overtime went beyond the maximum accepted limit of 46 hours a month.
The recent report published by Digitimes does have a supposed reply on this accusation, in which Pegatron says its employees decided to work 15.5 hours so as to cover a co-worker's morning shift.
Granted, the company did admit it would have to set up a rotation in order to appropriately meet its need for technicians working during the night.
Meanwhile, Asustek has also been charged for extending working hours without a prior consensus, consensus that should have been reached through official meetings.
The other charge is that it did not provide any channels or means through which said employees would be able to place complaints.
In related news, there were others that were named for similar conduct, them being Genuine C&C and Allison Test Lab, Siemens Taiwan, Game Flier International, AOpen, Twinhead International and Advantech.
Siemens Taiwan was one of the few to comment, supposedly saying that the violation was due to how some employees decided to stay late and finish some projects. It will take measures to remedy the situation.