Co-authored by Christine Chen of Winkler
Partners
The Taiwanese government proposes rolling back changes made last
year to how employers calculate overtime, organize work hours, and
manage annual leave allowances. The new rules are likely to come
into force during 2018.
The administration of President Tsai Ying-wen wishes to amend
Taiwan's Labor Standards Act following criticism that
amendments made in December 2016 failed to deliver the desired
flexibility and caused upset among both employers and
employees.
Under current Taiwanese law, employees are granted one rest day
and one flexible day off per week. Employees who agree to work on
their flexible day off are entitled to overtime pay calculated in
four-hour blocks. In other words, an employee that works between
one and four hours receives four hours' overtime pay, and an
employee that works between five and eight hours receives eight
hours' overtime pay, and so on. Critics—including both
employers and
