The Ministry of Labor has revised the law. Penalties for employers who violate the minimum wage and working hours will start at NT$50,000, and the cumulative penalties will increase for repeated violations within 3 years.

The Ministry of Labor revised and promulgated the "Common Principles of Penalties for Violations of the Labor Standards Act and Minimum Wage Laws" today (9th), incorporating it into the Minimum Wage Law, adding cumulative fine amounts and a website information disclosure mechanism. If the minimum wage or working hours are violated, the starting fine will be NT$50,000, and "violations of the same regulations" within 3 years will be subject to increased penalties. The new regulations will be officially implemented on January 1, 2020.

The Ministry of Labor has originally formulated the "Principles of Commonality of Penalties for Violations of Labor Standards Laws". Considering that the minimum wage is necessary for workers to maintain their livelihood, employers must be required to comply with the minimum wage law. In order to ensure that local governments across the country have consistent penalties and penalties, it has been included in the "Minimum Wage Law" this time. At the same time, for specific targets such as listed companies, paid-in capital exceeding 100 million yuan, or medical centers, if important regulations such as the minimum wage or working hours are violated, the minimum fine will be calculated starting from NT$50,000.

In addition, in order to avoid unfair situations in which different local governments face corporate violations but have different calculations of accumulated fines for the same article, this time in the principle of commonality, the consistency of the calculation period for the number of repeated violations of the same article has been added to 3 years, that is, "the number of times of repeated violations of the same article within 3 years" should be included in the cumulative fine amount. The Ministry of Labor specifically reminds that those who violate the basic wage and minimum wage law of the Labor Standards Act within 3 years are deemed to have violated the same regulations.

The newly revised principle of commonality is expected to be implemented on January 1, 2016. The Ministry of Labor and local governments will jointly guide public institutions to improve their legal compliance capabilities. Workers are reminded that if they find that their employer has violated the Labor Standards Act or paid wages lower than the minimum wage, they can file a complaint with the nearest local labor administrative authority or call the "1955" labor complaint hotline to safeguard their own rights and interests.