Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday proposed amendments to the Employment Insurance Act (就業保險法) to codify the 80 percent parental leave allowance into law and provide full-pay subsidies for disadvantaged families that would be funded in part by the government.
The draft changes aim to address Taiwan’s demographic crisis, KMT legislators Wu Tsung-hsien (吳宗憲), Huang Chien-pin (黃建賓) a...
The KMT's proposed amendments to the Employment Insurance Act aim to address Taiwan's demographic crisis by providing full-pay subsidies for parental leave, particularly targeting disadvantaged families. The government's current policy offers only 60% of salary during parental leave, with an additional 20% provided through the government's subsidy guidelines. The proposed amendments aim to formalize this additional 20% as a statutory obligation funded by the government. The changes also introduc...