Hey guys, I work as sales engineer for a small Taiwanese company. I need help to clarify article 35 from the labor standards act. “A worker shall be permitted to have a break for at least thirty minutes after having worked for four continuous hours; provided, however, that such break may be resch…

Working hours should not exceed more than 8 hours every day. You are working 8.75 hours (87.5hours in 2 weeks) which is too much. You have 3 options here. Talk to your boss about it. Explain to him according to the labor law, the company working hours exceed 8 hours pr day or 84 hours per 2 weeks.…

Thanks kaalund. That’s the thing, according to him we are working 8.25 hours/day because we have 30 mins break in the afternoon. A break that only me is taking (I take this break with or without that rule anyways as I get too hungry in the afternoon), other people just keep working. I did talk to …

Most likely. I’m lucky I work for a company that is flexible for Taiwanese standards. As long we do our job then the company doesn’t care if we come in later or leave earlier. If I were you, then I would tell them if the office hours are from 8:30 to 6:30 then I will take 1 hour & 15 minute lunch…

[image] New Taipei fines 315 companies for labor violations | Taiwan News |... Electronics factory fined for forcing its workers to work overtime without pay | 2023-08-21 15:51:00 publicly listed company, Shin Zu Shing Co., Ltd., a producer of hinges for liqu…

[image] BigDave: publicly listed company, Shin Zu Shing Co., Ltd., a producer of hinges for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels and tablets, was fined NT$510,000 for forcing its workforce of 2,000 to work overtime without extra compensation, 255 nt for every person forced to do overtime. It’…

[image] Kaalund: Working hours should not exceed more than 8 hours every day. You are working 8.75 hours (87.5hours in 2 weeks) which is too much. You have 3 options here. Talk to your boss about it. Explain to him according to the labor law, the company working hours exceed 8 hours pr day or …

[image] There is no such thing as the CLA grandpa Legal - Work Just fyi, for all the time travelers and Rip Van Winkle types here, the Council of Labor Affairs (勞工委員會) became the Ministry of Labor (勞動部) in 2014.

[image] Andrew: It seems like they should at least be required to pay the unpaid overtime in addition to any fines. They may well be. I’m too lazy to look up the 處分 though…

[!quote] focustaiwan.tw The most common violation involved failing to pay correct wages for work performed on designated rest days, accounting for 133 cases. This was followed by failure to provide double pay for work on national holidays (113 cases), and requiring employees to work more than six…

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