InvestmentinNewTaipeiCity

• A hub for land and sea transport; geographically advantageous for industrial and economic activities
• Robust transportation and logistics infrastructure; complete industrial settlements
• Largest economic scale of enterprises in Taiwan; over 300,000 companies, business, and factories registered
• Competitive labor population; about 2.07 million workers, with over 60% completing higher education
• Tenth city in the world to complete a voluntary local review (VLR) targeted at sustainable development goals
• From 2014 to 2016,  Winner of the ICF Top 7 Global Intelligent Community Award for three consecutive years. Winner of the 2019 SCAPA for the Smart Disaster Monitoring Center - Hazard Warning and Smart Decision-Making System and AIoT Application. Winner of the 2020 Go Smart Award. "2021 Asia Pacific Smart City Awards" (SCAPA) "Public Safety: Next Generation Emergency Response Services" category award. Winner of the first prize of WITSA Smart City Group - All-disaster Intelligent Command and Monitoring Platform (EDP) in 2021. Winner of the GO SMART Award Special Award - the Best Vision City Plan Award in 2022.  Winner of the ICF Top1 award, the first global smart city award in 2022. In 2023, we received two winning awards in the GO SMART Awards. Won the Smart City Innovation Application Award - Smart Government Award in 2024.

Wages

A worker shall be paid such wages as determined through negotiations with the employer. For business characterized in the Labor Standards Act, wages shall not fall below the basic wage. Wages shall be paid in the statutory, circulating currency.

Working hours

A worker shall work the number of hours determined through negotiations with the employer. For business characterized in the Labor Standards Act, regular working hours are eight hours a day with no more than 40 hours a week. Overtime is calculated separately.

 Holidays

A worker shall work the number of hours determined through negotiations with the employer. For business characterized in the Labor Standards Act, a worker shall have two off days every seven days. One day shall be a regular holiday, and the other is a flexible rest day.

 Leave-taking

Personal leave: up to 14 days in one year; unpaid leave

Injury and sick leave: up to 30 days a year without hospitalization; half-paid leave

Occupational sickness leave: applicable for the period of medical treatment for occupational accidents; paid leave

Working hours for foreign workers

Domestic helpers and care providers are defined as individual service providers by the Ministry of Labor. Wages shall be negotiated between the employee and employer without prejudice to the worker's health and well-being.

National Labor Insurance and National Health Insurance

All citizens of Taiwan and foreigners with Alien Residence Cards are eligible for National Health Insurance. Foreign workers employed by a company or firm with more than five employees shall all be enrolled in the National Labor Insurance by the employer, organization, or institute and shall pay a monthly insurance premium. Foreign domestic helpers and care providers employed by natural persons are not subject to compulsory labor insurance. However, they may enroll voluntarily. Foreign workers shall be enrolled in the National Labor Insurance with their employer. Applications, along with employment permits, shall be submitted to the Bureau of Labor Insurance and National Health Insurance Administration for processing. The labor insurance rights and obligations of foreign workers are in accordance with the Labor Insurance Act and Employment Service Act.

Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals

This Act was passed to relax regulations on acquiring work and residence visas for foreign professionals and optimize insurance, leasing, and retirement benefits for foreign workers, thereby attracting more foreign professionals to Taiwan, promoting industry upgrade and transformation, and enhancing international competitiveness.

Foreign specialists and technical professionals approved investment or business establishment supervisors, school teachers, cram school teachers, sports coaches and athletes, and artists and performers(Subparagraphs 1-6, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act) may submit inquiries or applications to the Foreign Professional Online Application Platform.

Settlement of labor-management disputes

Regulations for employment termination of foreign workers in businesses characterized in the Labor Standards Act are as follows:

1. The employer shall issue an advanced notice and provide severance pay for the dismissal of workers in the event of downsizing, loss, closure, or transfer due to poor business management.

2. Advanced notice and severance payment are not required for violations of the worker's constituting employment termination as stipulated in the Labor Standards Act.

3. The worker may terminate employment without notice and request severance for violations constituting employment termination by the employer as stipulated in the Labor Standards Act.

• The worker shall not claim from the employer either additional wages for the advance notice period or severance pay in the event of fulfilling the employment contract without intent to renew.
• For early termination of employment contracts with the plan to leave Taiwan within 14 days after contract fulfillment, the worker shall submit an application to the Labor Affairs Department of New Taipei City Government for review and approval and request an employment termination certificate.
• Foreign workers shall abide by the terms and conditions of their employment contract. They are obligated to perform the agreed-upon work, show good work ethics, and uphold confidentiality.

4.When foreign workers encounter disputes over the Labor Standards Act, they may apply to the Labor Affairs Department of New Taipei City Government for mediation in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Dispute Settlement Act.