TAIPEI, KOMPAS.com – One Men of Taiwan married four times, and divorced all three in 37 days for an extension holiday paid.
According to local regulations, a person can get up to eight days off when they get married.
The arrangement was later leveraged by the man to extend his leave time in April last year.
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The man, who was not identified, started his “wedding adventure” on April 6, 2020.
After marriage, he decided divorced from his wife on the last day of paid leave he got.
Then the man married the same woman the next day so that he could apply for leave again.
In total, he married women four times, with three of them divorced within 37 days.
So as reported Oddity Central Wednesday (14/4/2021), he managed to get 32 days of paid leave.
However, the strategy was not as smooth as one might think. Because at the last marriage, the bank where he worked refused to extend his leave.
Because, the man’s office finally found out that he was married and divorced from the same woman.
Knowing his plans were stalled, the employee sued his office at the Taipei Labor Bureau, accusing them of violating the Rules Holiday Labor Article 2.
The labor bureau then called an investigation, and ruled the bank committed a violation.
Because of this, they were fined 20,000 Taiwan dollars (Rp 10.3 million) in October 2020 for not passing the leave.
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However, his office filed an appeal, accusing his employees of fraud and abuse of Article 2 of the Labor Leave Rules.
On April 10, the Beishi Labor Bureau decided that even if the employee was unethical, he was not breaking the law.
The story went viral, with Taiwanese netizens debating the huge loopholes that could be exploited in local labor regulations.
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