We can help you get a new employee started in Taiwan quickly. The minimum onboarding time we need is only 19 working days.

Our team ensures your employees are onboarded and paid as quickly as possible while keeping your business compliant with all local employment legislation. The minimum onboarding time begins after the employee submits all required information onto the Remote platform. The onboarding timeline is also dependent upon registration with local authorities.

For all non-nationals of the country of employment, the Right to Work assessment (if applicable) will add three extra days to the total time to onboard. There may be extra time required if we need to follow-up on the right to work assessment.

Please note, payroll cut-off dates can impact the actual first day of employment. Remote has a payroll cut-off date of the 10th of the month unless otherwise specified.

In Taiwan, employees are entitled to annual paid vacation, depending on their tenure with an employer.

• More than 6 six months but less than one year - 3 days
• 1 year but less than 2 years - 7 days
• 2 years but less than 3 years - 10 days
• 3 years but less than 5 years - 14 days
• 5 years but less than 10 years - 15 days
• Over ten years - 1 additional day for each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days

Unused vacation days can be rolled over for two years, after which they’re monetized and paid to the employee.

There are 15 paid public holidays and employees must be paid double their normal wages if expected to work on a public holiday.

Employees are entitled to two distinct types of sick leave, defined by the Taiwanese Labor Standards Act.

Regular sick leave can last for up to 30 days, during which an employee is entitled to 50% of their normal salary. For serious health challenges requiring hospitalization, employees can take one year of unpaid leave off, every two years.

A female worker shall be granted maternity leave before and after childbirth for a combined period of eight weeks. The female worker can also start the maternity leave four weeks prior to childbirth.

Fathers are entitled to seven days of paid paternity leave.

Parents with children aged below three can take up to two years of unpaid parental leave, with labor insurance benefits (equivalent to 60% of the employee’s standard wages paid per child) paid, if the employee has been contributing to the Labor Insurance fund.

• Bereavement leave
  Employees are entitled to:
  - eight days of paid leave for the death of parent or spouse,
  - six days off for the death of a child, grandparent, or parent-in-law, and,
  - three days off for the death of a sibling, or grandparent-in-law.
• Civil duty leave: Employees are entitled to paid time off to fulfill civil obligations like military service, jury duty, etc.
• Personal leave: Employees can take up to 14 days of unpaid time off to attend to personal affairs.
• Marriage: Employees can take up to eight days of paid wedding leave off work.