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Labor Minister Calls Employee’s Suicide a Failure of the Ministry

勞動部長回應員工輕生案

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Labor Minister Calls Employee’s Suicide a Failure of the Ministry
職場霸凌
Labor Minister Ho Pei-shen has spoken out about the recent suicide of a 39-year-old employee.
勞動部長何佩珊近日就一名39歲員工輕生事件發表公開說明。
speak out公開發聲employ(v.)雇用、使用be employed in doing sth.忙於做某事=be busy in doing sth.
Ho expressed her apologies to the employee’s family. She also called the employee’s death a failure on the part of the Ministry of Labor.
何部長對該員工的家屬表示歉意,並稱員工輕生是勞動部的失職。
apology(n.)道歉sincere(adj.)衷心的make an apology to sb. for sth.為了某事向某人道歉fail to do sth.未能做到某事on the part of sb./on sb.’s part由某人所為
The employee, surnamed Wu, was an information analyst.
這名員工姓吳,是一名資訊分析師。
analyst(n.)分析師analyze(v.)分析analysis(n.)分析in the final/last analysis歸根結柢
He was found dead at the New Taipei office of the Workforce Development Agency on Nov. 4.
11月4日,有人在勞動力發展署北分署辦公室發現吳先生的遺體。
workforce(n.)勞動力、全體員工
Wu was the only full-time staff member assigned to develop an “intelligent employment service system” for the WDA.
吳是唯一被指派為勞發署開發「智能就業服務系統」的全職員工。
full-time(adj.)全職的part-time(adj.)兼職的staff(n.)全體職員(集合名詞,不可數)assign sb. to do sth.指派某人做某事assignment(n.)任務、作業
This job required him to work long hours without assistance from other employees.
這份工作需要他長時間獨自完成,沒有其他同事協助。
require sb. to do sth.要求某人做某事assistance(n.)協助assist(v.)幫助、協助assist sb. in doing sth.協助某人做某事come to sb.’s assistance協助某人
The MOL later found that the heavy workload put Wu under extreme pressure, and he felt that completing the system was impossible.
勞動部事後發現,繁重的工作量使得吳先生承受極大壓力,並感到不可能完成系統。
workload(n.)工作量have a lot on sb’s plate工作量大、工作問題很多put sb. under pressure使…承受壓力sb. feel stressed out某人感到壓力過大complete(v.)完成completion(n.)完成out of the question不可能的
In addition, the MOL reported that Wu had been bullied by his supervisor at work.
此外,勞動部也指出,吳先生在工作中受到上司的霸凌。
bully(v.)霸凌(n.)惡霸bully sb. into doing sth.霸凌某人去做某事school bully校園惡霸supervisor(n.)上司immediate supervisor直屬上司subordinate(n.)下屬
As a result of the tragedy, Wu’s supervisor, the head of WDA northern regional office, Hsieh Yi-jung, has been removed from her position while her actions are under review.
由於這起悲劇,吳先生的主管,亦即勞發署北分署署長謝宜蓉已被停職,她的行為正受到調查。
as a result of由於=because of/as a consequence oftragedy(n.)悲劇tragic(adj.)悲劇的tragic hero悲劇英雄regional(adj.)區域的in the region of在…的範圍、大約=in the neighborhood ofremove A from B將A從B中移除review(n.)審查be under review受到審查
She will no longer be allowed to hold a supervisory role.
她將不再被允許擔任主管職。
no longer不再=not...any moresupervisory(adj.)主管的
Furthermore, Ho announced that the project Wu had been working on will be stopped and reviewed.
此外,何佩珊部長宣布,將停止並重新檢討吳先生負責的專案。
work on sth.從事某事review(v.)複審、再檢查

📚 重點單字片語

claim(v.)
聲稱
suicide(n.)
自殺
commit suicide
自殺
failure(n.)
失職
speak out
公開發聲
employ(v.)
雇用、使用
be employed in doing sth.
忙於做某事=be busy in doing sth.
apology(n.)
道歉
sincere(adj.)
衷心的
make an apology to sb. for sth.
為了某事向某人道歉
fail to do sth.
未能做到某事
on the part of sb./on sb.’s part
由某人所為
analyst(n.)
分析師
analyze(v.)
分析
analysis(n.)
分析
in the final/last analysis
歸根結柢
workforce(n.)
勞動力、全體員工
full-time(adj.)
全職的
part-time(adj.)
兼職的
staff(n.)
全體職員(集合名詞,不可數)
assign sb. to do sth.
指派某人做某事
assignment(n.)
任務、作業
require sb. to do sth.
要求某人做某事
assistance(n.)
協助
assist(v.)
幫助、協助
assist sb. in doing sth.
協助某人做某事
come to sb.’s assistance
協助某人
workload(n.)
工作量
have a lot on sb’s plate
工作量大、工作問題很多
put sb. under pressure
使…承受壓力
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