Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Tai Wan as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Taiwan: Minimum wages (2022)
The minimum monthly wage has been increased to NT$25,250 (US$883) and the minimum hourly wage to NT$168 (US$5 …
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Taiwan: Extra day (night) duties undertaken by workers must all be included in the working time
An employer must pay for overtime work when an employee engages in non-contracted work for their company outside their normal working hours …
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Taiwan: Pay for untaken leave should be paid as salary at the start of a new year
The Bureau of Labor Insurance at the Ministry of Labor has reminded employers that if there is any paid annual leave untaken during the previous year, their employer should, at the beginning of the new year, pay wages due for the leave and this should be included as part of the monthly salary of the employee in the new year …
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Taiwan: Both parents may claim parental leave allowance at the same time if they are both covered by the employment insurance
Under the amended “Employment Insurance Act“, both parents are now entitled to claim a parental leave allowance at the same time – provided they are both insured …
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Taiwan: Major personal data incidents of online retail businesses and platforms shall be reported to the competent authority in 72 hours
Online retail businesses and online retail service platforms are now covered by data protection incident reporting obligations …
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Taiwan: Cabinet approves bill to toughen penalties for economic espionage
Amendments have been made to the national security law in an attempt to combat industrial espionage …
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Taiwan: Menstrual leave not applicable to transgender women
Due to a loophole in the law, transgender women could – until recently – have taken menstrual leave …
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Taiwan: Amendment to the Gender Equality Act
The Parliament (Legislative Yuan) has just passed an amendment to the Gender Equality Act giving two additional days of paid leave to fathers …
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Taiwan: New stimulus vouchers
National voucher scheme launched to stimulate the economy …
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Taiwan: Government to amend law to punish local proxies of Chinese capital
A maximum three-year sentence and huge fines are to be imposed on proxies that act for Chinese companies seeking to buy shares in Taiwanese companies …
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Taiwan: Bureau urges review of civil service leave policy
Nantou County tax officials are questioning the leave policy of civil servants after it was discovered that one employee had been continuously on leave since August 2017 …
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Taiwan: 58000 workers on unpaid leave in August 2021
Although the overall numbers of employees on unpaid leave is falling, there remain pockets of deprivation in many sectors …
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Taiwan: Earnings statistics in April 2021
Over the year to April 2021, the average regular gross monthly earnings of full-time employees across Taiwan as a whole (excluding foreigners and part-time employees) increased by 2 …
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Taiwan: Employers required to grant childcare leave amid rising COVID-19 cases
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, employers are reminded that they are obliged to grant eligible employees “disease prevention childcare leave” (DPCL) …
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Taiwan: Government unveils new prenatal, parental benefits to boost birth rate
With effect from 1st July 2021, paid leave for prenatal checkups will be increased from five to seven days …
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