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The Ministry of Labor announced the amended minimum wage(Taiwan)

2016.09.19
Emily Chueh

The Ministry of Labor announced the amended minimum wage via the Lao-Dong-Two-1050132177 Circular of September 19, 2016 (hereinafter, the "Circular").

Article 21, Paragraph 1 of the Labor Standards Law provides: "The wages shall be negotiated between the employee and employer, provided that they shall not fall below the minimum wage." This Circular announced that the hourly minimum wage, which had been changed into NT$126 on October 1, 2016, will be changed into NT$133 on January 1, 2017. The monthly minimum wage will be changed into NT$21,009 on January 1, 2017.

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