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August 2017

The statute of limitation for claiming overtime pay for unutilized leave by janitors of administrative agencies and public schools is five years (Taiwan)

August 2017

Article 12 of the Act for Worker Protection of Mass Redundancy prohibits the chairman and actual responsible person of a business organization that has undermined the rights and interests of workers in material aspects through mass redundancy from leaving this country in order to arrive at a solution(Taiwan)

August 2017

The amendment of Gender Equality in Employment Law cleared through three readings in the Legislative Yuan(Taiwan)

August 2017

According to a circular from the Ministry of Labor, if a female worker indeed has no need to take care of and feed her baby with mother milk or cow milk in person at night, she may engage in night-time work in accordance with Article 49, Paragraph 1 of the Labor Standards Law after personally signing a supporting document (Taiwan)

August 2017

An unemployed worker or a worker on unpaid paternal leave who serves concurrently as the legal representative of a non-profit seeking enterprise may still claim unemployment benefits or allowances for unpaid paternal leave(Taiwan)

August 2017

Wage negotiation should include the social security cost which should be assumed by the enterprise owner, and unless such cost is specifically excluded by contract, the contract construction principle that such payment is also covered by wages should be followed(Taiwan)