EVA Airways Promises Improvements After Flight Attendant Death

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EVA Airways, one of Taiwan's major air carriers, has promised changes to its employee evaluations system. That's after one of its flight attendants died after working a long-haul flight while feeling unwell. But critics of the company say its whole system for requesting leave needs to be overhauled.

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00:00One of Taiwan's major air carriers, EVA Airways, says it's going to improve its employee evaluation practices by the end of the year.

00:09And Taiwan's Labor Ministry is also mulling changes to worker compensation policies.

00:14This comes after an EVA Airways flight attendant died after working on a long-haul flight while feeling unwell.

00:33Company critics say that the EVA's leave policies are punitive and deter people from taking time off on sudden notice.

00:40They say this may have factored into the attendant's decision, not to call in sick.

00:46EVA released a report earlier this week on its findings about the case and promised the change.

00:51But a union representing Taiwan's flight attendant says EVA needs to do more than just improve its worker evaluations.

01:10The union says it will continue to put pressure on EVA and plans to protest a marathon being held by the company in Taipei on Sunday.

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