On May 21, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Insurance (Ministry of Labor) issued the “Guidelines for the Imposition of Fines under the Labor Pension Act,” establishing a new set of penalty standards for violations of Articles 48, 49, and 52 of the Act. These new provisions will take effect on June 1, 2025.

On June 17, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced the conditions under which short-term business travelers can apply for reduced amount of time of home quarantine. As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has continued to subside in Taiwan, the CECC had several consultation meetings with relevant government agencies in a bid to reopen borders for international business and trade activity.

When an employee must receive medical treatment or rest on account of ordinary injury, sickness, or physical reasons, he/she is eligible for 30 days half-pay paid sick leave each calendar year according to the following provisions:

The new amended Labor Standards Act (LSA) has been enacted as of March 1, 2018, and refers to the adjustment of individual labor rights. Taking the overtime pay on the rest day as an example, it should be calculated by the actual number of work hours. The system of compensatory leaves for covering overtime work is legislated. The number of days of the annual paid leaves is deferred; and the bridge holidays, flexibly adjusted holidays, are subject to the negotiation of the collective bargaining.

The establishment of the labor-management meeting(LMM) is a kind of consulting and negotiating system to coordinate labor-management relations, to motivate labor-management cooperation, and to prevent various labor issues,not the companies often mistakenly believe that convening all employees and obtaining the agreement means "labor-management meeting." However, what is the real meaning of LMM according to the Labor Standards Act? How should the labor representatives be selected? How to one exercise the consent in accordance with the Labor Standards Act for extended working hours, flexible working hours, night shifts for females, and other flexible adjustments related to this revision?

The Department of Labor states that illegal employers contracting foreigners to work for others illegally are in violation of the provisions of Article 45 of the Employment Service Act and are entitled to a fine of NT$100,000 to NT$500,000 according to the Act. If employers are intentionally exploiting them for profit, the heaviest sentence is imprisonment of up to three years, or a fine of up to NT$1.2 million. The Department of Labor appeals to members of the public to verify this properly and avoid breaking the law.