On Labor Day, New Taipei City urges employers to provide leave and pay in accordance with the law | Good News from Taiwan TaiwanHot

May Day is a holiday stipulated in the Labor Standards Law. The Labor Bureau reminds employers that they should give workers leave and pay them. If workers work overtime on that day, they will be paid an additional day’s wages. In addition, if a holiday happens to fall on an agreed regular holiday or rest day, the employee should be given another day of compensatory leave to ensure that the employee’s vacation rights are not diminished.

The Labor Bureau reminds workers that after workers work overtime on statutory holidays, the employer should include “basic (basic) salary” and other wage items with “labor consideration” and “recurring” in the calculation of one additional day’s wages. To put it simply, items such as attendance bonuses, fixed meal allowances, and job bonuses that workers can receive after normal attendance, regardless of whether the amount is fixed or not, belong to the category of “salary” and should be included in the calculation basis of double wages. If only When calculating basic (basic) salary, insufficient payment may occur.

The Labor Bureau stated that due to the different attendance patterns in various industries, if the employer negotiates with the workers to move Labor Day to other working days after the holiday, the nature of May 1st will become a normal working day; for this type of transfer Regarding holidays, the consent of individual workers should be obtained first, and the agreed adjustment of holiday dates should be recorded and retained in writing to avoid future disputes. If the above provisions are violated, a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 1 million yuan can be imposed according to the Labor Standards Law. Information such as the name and the name of the person in charge will be published, and public institutions are urged to comply with the laws and regulations.

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