Premier Jiang Yi-huah this evening approved Minister of Labor Pan Shih-wei's resignation after speaking to Pan by telephone in the afternoon.
Pan first offered to step down during an earlier call in the morning, and had sent Deputy Minister of Labor Hao Feng-ming to attend the Cabinet's weekly meeting in his stead. Hao will take over as acting minister of labor in the interim, Executive Yuan Spokesperson Sun Lih-chyun said.