Labor Standards Act

Have you ever wondered whether you are paying the correct amount in insurance and pension contributions every month? This handy guide will help you find out.

About one out of every 33 people in Taiwan is a Southeast Asian migrant worker. They have become indispensable to life in Taiwan.

Tired bus drivers are a danger to us all. Here, a middle man in the disputes between bus companies and their drivers reveals all the tricks he was forced to use to keep drivers overworked.

Essential reading for anyone working or intending to work in Taiwan.

Both domestic and international tour operators have allegedly put their employees on unpaid leave of absence without notifying the Department of Labor.

A video spotlighting Taiwan's ongoing problems with illegal fishing and human rights abuses aboard its offshore vessels could not have come at a worse time.

The Ministry of Labor declined to sit down with protesters because Sunday was their day off.

With the amendment of the Labor Standards Act being carried out in 2016, weekly working hours will be reduced to 40 hours and the Ministry of Labor has decided to unify leave benefits. It will promote five-day weeks and cut the number of national holidays from 19 to 12 days.

It's tough to be a female artist in Taiwan, but not so bad to be a plumber.

Poor working conditions have taken a toll on recruiting, further compounding the problems of overworked police.

There are employers that take NT$ 5,000 (approximately US$ 151) each month out of the fishermen's salary as boarding and food costs. With agencies also cutting unreasonable payments, the workers are left with almost nothing.

Freedom around the region defined the week as Joshua Wong again provided a focus for the decline of liberty in Hong Kong.

The creation of a media industry union on a national level aims to change the often-unhealthy working environment for reporters across the nation.

'If this is the level of a newspaper’s editorial team, then it’s enough to make one embarrassed about the quality of Taiwanese media. What right do we have to flatter ourselves to be influential and have ‘international perspectives?' writes South Korea-based Taiwanese journalist Yang Chien-hao.

Wang Hong-ren argues that Taiwan's labor laws are regressing below those of its southern neighbor.

Protests as large and aggressive have not been witnessed in Taipei since the 2014 Sunflower Movement.

This is the latest in months of protests over the anticipated passage of revisions to a law originally intended to protect workers' rights.

Protests against Taiwan's labor law amendments are wide off the mark — Taiwan needs to fundamentally rethink its calendar.