In the future, Taiwan Railways and Chunghwa Post are debating "employee name tags will not reveal their full names" on high-speed rail

National airlines have recently announced adjustments to the way front-line personnel's work nameplates are presented, removing the full nameplates in Chinese. After the first shot, the industrial unions of various front-line businesses have also started to fight for it. Comparing the removal of full names in the aviation industry, the high-speed rail company said that in the future, it will adjust the presentation of Chinese/English surnames and professional titles. The time for the rollout has not yet been determined, and the Taiwan Railways and the Chunghwa Post Corporation are under discussion.

Front-line employees of airlines wear work name tags. Revealing their full Chinese names has caused some passengers to "search" their social groups, and even engage in private messages, harassment and other behaviors. Tigerair Taiwan has announced that starting from February, employees will be able to choose whether to apply for a new version of the work pass or name tag, which will remove the Chinese surname and use aliases in English for foreign passengers to identify. Airlines of other nationalities have also announced to follow suit.

Shuangtai Railway employees and Chunghwa Post employees who are also on the front line have also been publicly interrogated and even searched during disputes because their full Chinese names were revealed. The Taiwan High Speed ​​Railway Co., Ltd.'s corporate union issued a statement yesterday saying that after the corporate union continued to propose, follow up and actively negotiate with the company through labor and management meetings and regular meetings of public institutions, the issue of canceling the display of full names on uniform name tags finally received a positive response from the high-speed rail company. In the future, front-line colleagues' name tags will be displayed in the form of "last name + job title" in Chinese/English, and will start the name brand replacement operation in conjunction with uniform improvements. It affirmed that this is not only a change in the way of name brand presentation, but also a protection of the personal privacy and work rights of front-line colleagues.

The High-Speed ​​Railway Company stated that it will continue to review and improve the actual duty needs of everyone equally. The part about name tags is applicable to front-line colleagues who need to wear name tags for work and serving tourists. In the future, it will be adjusted to display Chinese/English surnames and professional titles.

The Taiwan Railway Corporation stated that the name badges of the company's first-line train conductors and station staff do not reveal their names. Regarding the public names displayed at stations, they are considering de-identification and canceling the wearing of identification badges.

Chunghwa Post Corporation stated that it is still under discussion and will make an announcement in due course after specific conclusions are reached.