Not planning to leave my job, but I noticed that my contract has a super long notice period, like 2 months if the employee leaves. Is this actually enforceable, given that the actual legal notice period is just a couple of weeks?
Not enforceable.
Enforceable if you aren’t covered by the usual labor standards act. (I.e. you are a private school teacher.)
Private School Law - Article Content - Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan).
https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=H0020040
Neither one of these have requirements for notice, so you must follow you contract.
Buxiban teachers are the exception as they are covered by the labor standards act.
I’m not a teacher so should be good. I just wonder what would happen when you tell them you want to leave, they say no you have to give us X days notice, and then refuse to give you your resignation sheet / 退保證明 because of that. I guess Labour Bureau would force their hand, but that could take a few days or potentially weeks, by which time your onboarding date at the other job may have passed.
The answer in the abstract is either yes (if the longer notice period favours the worker) or no (if the longer notice period favours the employer), assuming the job is subject to the LSA.
Of course, this only applies in a situation where there is a minimum standard for the notice period, a problem discussed in several other threads.